Plennegy Research: General Worker at Starke Ayres

Description

• A role has become available for a General Worker at our Kempton Park Research station for the tomato breeding programme.

Responsibilities

• Involved in all practical work related to crop breeding and evaluation – on and off station, which includes the following tasks:
• Assist with the planting of crop breeding material and crop trials.
• Assist with thinning out of crop breeding material and crop trials.
• Involved in all irrigation-related tasks.
• Involved in crop pollination.
• Involved in harvesting of crop breeding material and trails.
• Involved in weighing and taking of crop trials and breeding material.
• Involved in detasseling of open-pollinated crossing blocks and breeding material.
• Perform any task on the research stations that management may deem necessary.
• Comply with safety regulations in the workplace as laid down by legislation.
• Carry out any farm maintenance or other requirements to operate farm.
• Assist with packing of seed.
• Assist with marking fields.
• Involved in spraying of crops.

REQUIRMENTS:

• Matric
• Field work experience