អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងកសិដ្ឋានសាកវប្បកម្ម (ដាំដំណាំ)
Qualification & Experience Requirements
To qualify for this occupation (via VETASSESS Skills Assessment), candidates generally need one of the following:
- Option 1: A relevant Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Certificate III or Certificate IV qualification (or equivalent).
- Option 2: At least 3 years of employment experience as a Horticulture Farm Manager accompanied by relevant formal training.
- Option 3: At least 5 years of employment experience as a Horticulture Farm Manager with no formal training.
Visa & Migration Pathways
- Subclass 482: Skills in Demand visa (temporary employer sponsorship).
- Subclass 186: Employer Nomination Scheme visa (permanent residency pathway after a 3-year transition period).
- Subclass 494: Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa.
About the Role
This is a senior operational management position responsible for overseeing horticultural production, people and day-to-day farm operations.
Working with the senior management and growing teams, the Horticulture Farm Manager will take responsibility for planning and delivering production programs, managing labour and resources, monitoring crop and operational performance and ensuring production targets are achieved safely and efficiently.
The role requires a strong combination of commercial horticultural knowledge, people leadership, production planning and operational management.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage and oversee day-to-day horticultural production and farm operations.
- Develop, implement and monitor crop production plans and strategies.
- Plan production activities according to crop requirements, quality targets, forecasts and customer demand.
- Manage labour requirements and ensure appropriate resources are available to achieve production objectives.
- Lead and manage growers, supervisors and horticultural production teams.
- Set expectations and monitor team performance, productivity and quality.
- Coordinate planting, crop establishment, crop maintenance, harvesting and crop removal programs.
- Monitor crop health, development, fruit quality, yields and overall production performance.
- Oversee irrigation, fertigation, crop nutrition and environmental management.
- Ensure pest and disease management and integrated pest management programs are effectively implemented.
- Monitor production output, labour efficiency and operating costs.
- Identify opportunities to improve crop performance, productivity and operational efficiency.
- Manage production resources, equipment and infrastructure required for horticultural operations.
- Coordinate maintenance requirements to minimise disruption to production.
- Assist with crop forecasting, budgeting and longer-term production planning.
- Analyse production results against forecasts, budgets and operational targets.
- Maintain accurate production, crop, labour and operational records.
- Provide regular production and operational reporting to senior management.
- Work closely with harvest, packing, quality, maintenance and workforce management teams.
- Recruit, train, mentor and develop production supervisors and key team members.
- Ensure appropriate training and competency standards are maintained across production teams.
- Ensure compliance with WHS, food safety, quality assurance, environmental and company requirements.
- Promote a strong culture of safety, accountability, productivity and continuous improvement.
Skills and Experience
The successful applicant will ideally have:
- Relevant horticultural qualifications and/or substantial commercial horticultural management experience.
- Significant experience managing commercial horticultural production.
- Previous experience managing large teams, supervisors and production operations.
- Strong knowledge of commercial crop production and crop management.
- Experience with irrigation, fertigation, crop nutrition and pest and disease management.
- Experience planning labour, resources and production activities.
- Strong leadership and people-management capability.
- Experience managing productivity, costs and operational performance.
- Ability to analyse crop and production performance and make practical commercial decisions.
- Strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and team leadership skills.
- Experience working across production, harvest, quality, maintenance and workforce functions.
- A practical, hands-on and commercially focused management approach.
- Current Australian driver's licence or ability to obtain one.
Experience with protected cropping, substrate production and large-scale commercial berry production would be highly regarded.