GRAPE PRODUCTION FARM MANAGER

SUMMARY:
Groblersdal Area – Limpopo: An exciting opportunity awaits the successful candidate. This is a senior all encompassing vacancy which requires experience and skill

POSITION INFO:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Higher Diploma/Degree in Agriculture or equivalent
• 5 years minimum, understanding of grape and or citrus agriculture
• Proven experience working with budgets
• Computer literacy

 

Duties and responsibilities including but not limited to:

• Completes forms and documents
• Manages time and attendance for labour teams        
• Identifies and operates a number of different tools     
• Supervises, checks and corrects work     
• Trains labour teams 
• Reads and plans work programmes        
• Evaluates labour productivity       
• Identifies and reports potential safety and security issues       
• Uses own judgement to manage staff    
• Estimates and schedules labour   
• Inputs into costs and budgets - has knowledge of prices and quantities      
• Manages irrigation programmes 
• Manages fertilizer programmes    
• Manages pest control programmes        
• Manages weed and fungus control programmes        
• Estimates harvest per hectare      
• Understands basic HR         
• Monitor use of and knows how to use farming equipment and machinery
• Supervises all steps of the production process including planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and packing           
• Supervises the packhouse
• Manages packhouse labour        
• Selects and employs labour          
• Manages labour discipline
• Makes recommendations to senior management based on observations in the field       
• Reports against budget     
• Trains Production Managers         
• Coordinates all production activities      
• Selects and procures supplies, chemicals, fertlizers and other production goods   
• Calculates and implements programmes  

 ONLY short-listed candidates will be contacted

To apply CLICK THIS LINK https://www.placementpartner.co.za/wi/vacancy/?id=farm&VacRef=FM000689&preview=4ce708abfcd8e43068b00f3ba21be8a4 or upload your CV to this specific position via --------Please upload your CV here-------->         

 

 

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