This document provides a sample job description for a Livestock Farm Supervisor position. It includes sections on job identification and reporting structure, a summary of duties which involve supervising farm operations and staff, key responsibilities such as animal care and record keeping, required qualifications including education and experience, physical demands, and working conditions on the farm. The job description is intended to clearly outline the roles and requirements for the position.

1. JOB DESCRIPTION – CONSISTS OFPRGANIZED, FACTUAL STATEMENT OF THE DUTIES AND RESPNSIBILITIES OF A SPECIFIC
JOB. It is the first and immediate product of the job analysis process.
SUGGESTED CONTENTS:
1. Date Written
2. Job Status – Full-time/Part-Time including salary
3. Job Identification – includes such information as job title, department, division, plant and code number for the
job
4. Job summary – a brief one or two sentence statement describing the purpose of the job and what outputs are
expected from job incumbents
5. Working relationship, responsibilities and duties performed – essential function and tasks
Example:
Job Title: HR Manager
Reports to: Vice-president of HR
Supervises: HR Assistant, Compensation Analyst and Benefits Clerk
Coordinates with: All department managers and executive management
Outside of the Company: Recruitment Agencies, DOLE, Union Representative
6. Authority of Incumbent – defines the limit of the jobholder’s authority, decision-making authority, supervision
of personnel, and budgetary limitations
7. Competency Requirements – education and experience including special skills required to perform a give job.
8. Working Conditions – list the general working conditions, location of the job, including hazards and noise levels.

2. SAMPLE JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB DESCRIPTION OF LIVESTOCK FARM SUPERVISOR
Job Code:
Jobholder’s Name:
Position Title:
Reports to:
Supervises:
Department/Division:
Job Status:
Pay Grade:
Summary of Duties:
Supervises and coordinates the day to day operations at the Maragondon Farm. Schedules and assigns work to
farm attendants, livestock breeding caretakers, and other farm helpers. Incumbents perform as working supervisors
by participating in the work performed by subordinates.
Duties and Responsibilities:
a. Supervises the activities of subordinates;
b. Monitors and/or performs the care, feeding and watering of animals;
c. Observes animals to detect signs of illness or injury and treats minor injuries and illnesses, contacts
veterinarians to treat serious illness or injury;
d. Monitors the processing and/or processes animals which includes weighing the animal, assigning ear tag
number and attaching tag to ear, vaccinating, castrating and dehorning;
e. Attends to animals during and after birth of offspring;
f. Maintains records such as gas usage, work completed, number of animals bred, sold and slaughtered, food
consumption and animal production;
g. Does other duties as may be assigned by the farm manager from time to time.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of supervisory practices and principles
2. Knowledge of large scale farming operations and procedures
3. Skills in maintaining records
4. Ability to effectively communicate
Minimum Requirements:
1. Two years of college with course work in Agriculture, Animal Science or related field and one-year
experience in related area; or
2. Three years of experience working on a major farm or livestock operation
Physical Demands:
1. Long hours of standing and walking due to animal monitoring duties
Working Conditions:
1. Exposure to extreme heat
Prepared: January 15, 2015
Revised: July 11, 2022

3. JOB SPECIFICATION OF LIVESTOCK FARM SUPERVISOR
Job Code:
Jobholder’s Name:
Position Title:
Reports to:
Supervises:
Department/Division
Job Status:
Pay Grade:
REQUISITE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
SKILLS:
QUALITIES:
PERSONALITY: