This vacancy has been closed.

Closing Date: 26 February 2024
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Assistant Farmer  Paarl
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Role Purpose:

  • To assist the Farmer/Site Supervisor in managing the operations, resources and manpower of a site thereby ensuring the optimal number of the right quality birds at the right time and at the lowest cost.  To take full responsibility of the site when the Farmer /Site Supervisor is not on site.

 Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum Grade 12; Tertiary qualification will be an advantage
  • Physically fit with no allergies to bird feathers and dust 

Required Experience:

  • 3 years’ experience in the Poultry environment with 1 year experience/exposure in a supervisory capacity 

Required Knowledge and Skills:

  • Knowledge:
    • Understand basic poultry nutrition, growth, anatomy and reproduction
    • Farm operations and processes
    • Ability to recognize ventilation, brooding, feeding and water requirements of the birds and make the correct adjustments
    • Operation of farm equipment
    • FAWLT principles for optimal performance
  • Skills:
    • Verbal and written communication
    • Interpersonal 
    • Numeracy
    • Problem solving
    • Decision making
    • Stockman ship


 

Closing Date: 26 February 2024