Plennegy Reserch: Tractor Driver (Kempton Park) at Starke Ayres

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 Tractor Driver, based in Kempton Park.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Driving and carrying out regular maintenance and repairs of tractors and other farm implements.
• Operating tractors safely and efficiently.
• Performing inspections of tractors and attachments like graders, rollers, and plows, and ensuring they are well-lubricated.
• Using tractors to transport materials and pull or push agricultural equipment.
• Prepare fields for planting.
• Harvest vegetables by hand or machinery.
• Apply pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers to crops.
• Inform Farm Manager on progress of crops.
• Operate farm equipment to spray pesticides on weeds along roadside and perimeter of fields to keep weeds down.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
• Experience in farm equipment and the farm industry.
• Extensive knowledge of heavy equipment.
• Experience performing maintenance on tractors and other farming equipment.