Founded in 1958, the Plennegy group’s roots and purpose revolve around agriculture, with its core business being that of growing food and servicing those that grow food to feed and nourish the continent and beyond.
Plennegy’s established infrastructure and grouping of industry experts ensure the quality and precision of its activities, products and se...
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Starke Ayres is the foremost African specialist and global supplier of premium vegetable, flower and lawn seed varieties – both for commercial and home garden planting. The following position has become available for a General Worker, based in Research, Kempton Park.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The job involves the essential tasks of preparing, managing, and maintaining the various stages of plant cultivation, from seed sowing and seedling management to transplanting, emasculation, crossing, harvesting, seed processing, greenhouse cleaning, trial harvesting, and other related activities, ensuring the successful growth and development of plants for seed production
Seed counting and packaging
Soaking, washing and drying seedling trays
Preparing seedling mix for seedling tray filling
Tray filling with seedling mix
Sowing according to the sowing list
Moving seedling trays from germ room to seedling house after 72 hours of sowing and putting in order
Preparing seedling mix for planting pots
Filling of planting pots with seedling mix
Moving in filled pots and arranging them in the greenhouses
Connecting drippers to the pots
Moving seedlings from seedling house to greenhouses and field
Making planting holes in the field
Transplanting
Identifying flowers that are at the right stage on the female plants and undertaking emasculation following the crossing book provided by the breeder
Making pollination according to the crossing book
Harvesting crossed fruits according to the crossing book
Harvesting self-pollinated fruits from selected plants by the breeder
Extracting seed from harvested fruits
Washing and cleaning seeds after 24hr fermentation
Drying seeds
REQUIREMENTS:
National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) (Essential)
Experience in the agricultural industry is advantageous
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