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Job Opportunities in a Farm in Ogun State
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We are recruiting to fill the positions below:
Job Title: Fish Farm Supervisor
Location: Ogun
Job type : Full Time
Responsibilities
- Managing breeding and harvesting schedules and monitoring the health of the fish
- Recruiting, supervising and training the staff who feed fish and clean holding tanks and nets
- Making sure hygiene standards are high, to prevent disease
- Checking that the water quality and oxygen levels are right for the fish
- Keeping records of the numbers and size of fish
- Ordering equipment, chemicals and fish feed
- Keeping financial records, planning budgets and carrying out a range of administrative duties
- Arranging for stock to be sold
- Adhering to environmental standards
- Updating knowledge of fish health and nutrition
Skills
- Environment and nature conservation conscious.
- Have knowledge about administrative and managerial fish farming procedures.
- Possess well organizational, communication and personality and the ability to do tasks under a stress full environment.
- Ability to maintain a strict fishing schedule and plan
Job Title: Crop Farm Supervisor
Location: Ogun
Description
- We are recruiting to fill the role of a Crop Farm Supervisor to be stationed at the farm.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Directs and coordinates worker activities, such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, grading, payroll, and recordkeeping.
- Contracts with farmers or independent owners for raising of crops or for management of crop production.
- Coordinates growing activities with those of engineering, equipment maintenance, packing houses, and other related departments.
- Confers with purchasers and arranges for sale of crops.
- Records information, such as production, farm management practices, and parent stock, and prepares financial and operational reports.
- Determines procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and shipment for greater efficiency and accuracy.
- Analyzes soil to determine type and quantity of fertilizer required for maximum production.
- Inspects equipment to ensure proper functioning.
Skills/Qualities/Abilities
- Ability to solve problem and make decisions
- Must possess social skills and abilities
- Ability to Multitask and work under pressure
- Must possess relevant knowledge of farm practices
Job Title: Farm Attendant
Location: Ajebo-Abatan, in Ipara-Remo - Ogun
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description
- We are recruiting to fill the role of Farm Attendants to be stationed at the farm.
Responsibilities
- Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs.
- Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment
- Dig and plant seeds, or transplant seedlings by hand.
- Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.
- Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers.
- Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
- Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
- Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops.
- Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops.
- Set up and operate irrigation equipment.
- Apply pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers to crops.
- Clear and maintain irrigation ditches.
- Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.
Qualification
Candidate must possess:
- OND or HND in Horticulture, Agric Education or related courses.
Skills and Qualities:
- Abililty to multitask and work with teams
- Time management proficiency
- Ability to handle physically demanding work
- Skilled in applying pesticides and insecticides
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover letters and CVs with the "Job title" as subject to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 26th May, 2020.
