Foreman, Farming Cattle - Durnacol - Urgent Hire

We are looking to hire an expert Foreman, Farming Cattle - Durnacol to join our stellar team at Exxaro Resources in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Growing your career as a Full Time Foreman, Farming Cattle - Durnacol is an awesome opportunity to develop relevant skills.
If you are strong in presentation, cooperation and have the right initiative for the job, then apply for the position of Foreman, Farming Cattle - Durnacol at Exxaro Resources today!

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Grade 12/Standard 10 Technical (Essential/Minimum)
• N Certificate: Mixed Farming System (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate First Line Management (Essential/Minimum)
• NH Dip: Agric Irrigation Planning (Recommended/Desirable or)
• Diploma Cattle And Sheep Farming (Recommended/Desirable or)
• Diploma Agriculture (Recommended/Desirable)

EXPERIENCE: 

• 3 years  Mixed farming experience relating to Live Stock and Crops  (Essential/Minimum)  Operational

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Psychometric Assessment (Essential/Minimum)
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Pub Driv Lic:Code B ( Essential/Minimum )

Duties & Responsibilities

Best Practice and Knowledge Management    

• Develop and maintain a functional specialist network to benchmark current processes as well as new developments in specific fields
• Ensure application of best practice in crop and livestock management
• Continually identify and report improvement opportunities

Compliance, Governance and Assurance    

• Provide and participate in governance systems for best practice
• Adhere to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and comply with company specific Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) policies and procedures

Crop Management    

• Plan and implement crop type and schedule
• Analyse earth composition, plan and application type and amount of fertiliser
• Plan and spray crops with relevant insecticides
• Maintain irrigation schedules
• Plan and manage cropping
• Manage selling and distribution of crops

Effective People Management    

• Provide leadership and direction in selection, development and motivation of staff
• Manage subordinates' Key Performance Areas (KPA’s) by setting and monitoring performance standards and taking action to correct deviations to achieve departmental objectives
• Foster an environment that focuses on process execution excellence, high performance and continuous improvement and individual contributions
• Promote teamwork, provide support and manage performance by creating and maintaining individual development plans of subordinates

Live Stock Management    

• Manage breading programme to prevent in breading
• Ensure preventative vaccination programme are adhered to
• Manage balanced feeding program across farm to prevent environmental deterioration of fields
• Do continuous health analyses to prevent serious illnesses
• Keep stock count and age analyses
• Manage marketing and selling of stock

Operational Effectiveness    

• General maintenance and management of the farm
• Plan and organize the activities on the farm
• Plan, organise and schedule tasks on a continued basis
• Provide guidance and advice to the farm workers on all tasks and activities
• Implement fertilization programme and the prepare farmlands for crops can be planted
• Ensure the desired quantities of fertilizer and weed killer are administered. After the cropping the products are processed, sorted and packed
• Supervise the care taking of the animals and the control of illnesses
• Provide relevant and specialised support to applicable stakeholders
• Do first line and Routine work maintenance on farming equipment, vehicles and infrastructure

Safe and Healthy Work Environment    

• Maintain and ensure healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable SHE policies and procedures in line with set standards
• Encourage culture that focuses on safety in all operations
• Understanding the implications of health and safety regulations

Benefits of working as a Foreman, Farming Cattle - Durnacol in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal:

● Learning opportunities
● Company offers career progression opportunities
● Advantageous package