Overall Farm Manager
Agriculture, Farming Jobs
- Confide Group Of Companies
- Expires 11 Sep 2022
- Bulawayo
- Full Time
Job Description
Working hours:
Your hours of work will be 45 hours per week, however you'll be required to be on call day and night, seven days a week. The work pattern is seasonally influenced, often with long hours at busy times, such as harvesting and lambing.
Skills:
You'll need to show evidence of the following:
• Organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Supervisory skills and management ability
• Numerical aptitude
• Willingness to be outside in all weathers and patience to undertake all sorts of practical work and sometimes repetitive jobs
• A driver’s license or working towards achieving one
• Self-motivation, with the ability to motivate others
• Larger-scale business awareness
• Marketing skills
• Negotiation skills
• Genuine commitment to farming
• IT skills
• Good technical knowledge
• A good understanding of modern farming methods
• A commitment to animal and crop welfare
• An understanding of the ways in which farming impacts the environment.
Duties and Responsibilities
As an overall Farm Manager, you'll need to:
• Plan finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parameters
• Ensure practical activities, such as driving tractors, operating machinery, feeding livestock or spraying fields are undertaken timeously
• Ensure farm preparations are done effectively and efficiently
• Ensure that farm activities comply with government regulations
• Market the farm's products both crops and livestock
• Ordering of supplies, such as feed, vaccines, fertilizer and seeds
• Arrange for the maintenance and repair of farm buildings, machinery and equipment
• Compile monthly stocks and management reports
• Plan activities for trainee staff, mentoring and monitoring them
• Maintain and monitor the quality of yield, whether livestock or crops
• Understand the implications of the weather and make contingency plans
• Monitor animal health and welfare, including liaising with all agricultural stakeholders such as, vets etc.…
• Maintain knowledge of pests and diseases and an understanding of how they spread and how to treat them
• Apply health and safety standards across the farm estate
• Protect the environment and maintaining biodiversity
Qualifications and Experience
Previous hands-on farming experience and technical knowledge are as important as academic qualifications,
A degree or diploma in agriculture or a related subject is a must.
How to Apply
Send CVs via whatsapp on: 078 121 9638
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