Job Ref #: G041488
Industry: Research
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1

Job 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 Oudtshoorn.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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
• Trellising 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
• 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
• Removal of plant materials from the greenhouses and loading
• Removal of pots from the greenhouses and loading
• Offloading the plant materials and pots at the dumping site
• Cleaning and washing of the greenhouses
• Soaking drippers in cleaning agent and washing drippers used in the previous growing cycle

Job Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) (Preferential)
• Experience in the agricultural industry is advantageous
• Seed cultivation
• Cleaning and maintenance
• Safety protocol