Foreman, Farming Cattle – Durnacol needed at Exxaro Resources
Job title : Foreman, Farming Cattle – Durnacol
Job Location : KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
Deadline : May 25, 2024
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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
How to Apply for this Offer
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