Montagu Area – Western Cape: A dynamic farm foreman is required to join the team.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum of 5-year farm foreman experience.
- Overseeing daily farm operations, managing staff, livestock, and equipment.
- Ensuring smooth and efficient running of all daily operations and production activities.
- Managing livestock and ensuring their health and welfare.
- Overseeing equipment use, servicing, and repairs.
- Maintaining accurate record-keeping and inventory systems.
- Compiling and submitting daily reports to management.
- Enforcing safety and compliance protocols across all farm activities.
- Managing and optimizing crop production.
- Leading pest and disease prevention and treatment programs.
- Administering orchard spraying and fertilisation schedules.
- Supervising and training farm labourers to maximise productivity.
- Assisting the Farm Manager with financial management and improving budgets.
- Solving operational challenges, with a focus on innovative agricultural methods.
SKILLS AND QUALITIES REQUIRED
- Computer literate.
- Full Drivers Licence.
- Can set up and operate a sprayer.
- Have Grow Safe certification and Horticulture Apprenticeship or willing to train.
- Ability to supervise and communicate effectively and fairly to staff.
- Be willing and flexible to start early and finish later for jobs such as setting up and collection of gear for lockup.
- Understand orcharding and ability to carry out all tasks to the satisfaction of the Production Manager.
- Apple to identify and monitor tree and soil health.
- Be physically fit and healthy – able to work on your feet all day.
- Must have excellent vision.
- Able to carry out and follow instructions.
- Reliable and can work unsupervised.
- Confident in climbing and standing on ladders whilst carrying a bag strapped to their shoulders
- Available to work up to six days per week, usually Monday to Saturday but if weather prevails, then Sunday work if required.
- Previous experience driving tractors and operating other implements.
- Cooperative and works well in a team.
- Meets requirements to be drug and alcohol free at work and ensures staff meet this standard
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
- Administrative duties like stock taking, checklists, logs, staff rosters etc.
- To use the orchard equipment safely and when authorised, according to all company and Health and Safety regulations, including but not limited to tractors, sprayers, irrigation, hydra-ladders, mowers, mulchers, chainsaws, pruning equipment, ladders and picking bags.
- To take responsibility for company equipment and ensure it is used responsibly, according to manufacturer’s specifications and that staff show due care for equipment to minimise wear and tear or damage.
- Ensure staff are being utilized effectively and efficiently and advise Management of any concerns or issues.
- To train and educate inexperienced staff in all aspects of orcharding and Health and Safety.
- Complete, check, enter and submit staff timesheets when applicable.
- Complete administrative, record keeping, and compliance tasks as required.
- Assist the Orchard Manager to ensure orchard operations work within budgets.
- Carry out minor maintenance of orcharding equipment when instructed.
- Repair maintain irrigation systems such as minor leaks or issues.
- Carry out efficiently and effectively orchard tasks such as spraying, pruning, tree development, thinning, harvesting and quality control.
- Undertake nursery work as directed.
- Carry out any other duties requested and allocated to you by your manager.
- Provide assistance as required within other departments of the business.
- Ensure all company Health and Safety policies and legislative regulations and protocols are carried out at all times.
- In the absence of the Production Manager, temporarily manage the day to day running of the orchards under the instructions from the Production Manager.
- Manage and assist with all other aspects of the farm and hospitality when required.
ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted
