Position duties:
- Supervision of pruning teams and planning of pruning activities
- Scouting of fruit for insects, diseases, weeds, and other issues
- Analysing and communicating scouting results to production team
- Calibration of spray machines
- Checks of spray teams to ensure best practices are being followed
- Sampling of water, soil, leaf and fruit for analysis
- Fruit size measurements
- Assistance with trial layout, sampling and harvest
Position requirements:
- Grade 12
- AVCASA and BASOS would be beneficial
- Valid driver’s license
- Minimum of 3 years Fruit knowledge including pruning and scouting
Desired Skills:
- Agriculture
- Farming
- Farming Operations