Starke Ayres (Pty) Ltd.
Reference Number
G040730
Description
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 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 hrs 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
Preparing ropes for trellising and connecting them to the cables and then to the plants
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
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
REQUIREMENTS:
National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) (Essential)
The employee is frequently required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel, and techniques that require fine motor skills and repetitive motions.
The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
The employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
The individual will be required to work in an open-air environment directly exposed to weather conditions.
Work Level
Junior
Job Type
Permanent
Salary
Market Related
EE Position
No
Location
Kempton Park
To apply for this job please visit plennegy.mcidirecthire.com.
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