| Date | 2024-06-08 |
|---|---|
| Job Title | Senior Strawberry Grower |
| Employer | Finovate More Information |
| Salary | 0 |
| Category | Professions |
| Location |
Western Cape / George |
Job Summary
Our client is a leading and innovative soft fruit farm, with a farm in George. They are looking for passionate and motivated Strawberry Grower to be based in their George office.
Key
Responsibilities:
- Field Establishment: Develop a 10ha soil strawberry project within our planting deadlines for 1 year with rapid expansion plans to follow. All executed to high standards.
- Irrigation: Execute on precision irrigation using loggers and having a good feel for plants. Here a high urgency index is crucial.
- Nutrition: Accurate application of a fertigation regime applied throughout the season. Sampling and nutrient trending administered to ensure plants produce optimally.
- Pest & Disease Management: Manage scouts and a IPM monitoring system. Ensure preventative biological and chemical sprays applied on time to ensure yield losses.
- Farm Maintenance: Farm is always kept tidy, weeds under control and roads and drainage well managed.
- Finance: Write and manage your own budget. Then beat it.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Btech or Bachelors degree in horticulture or plant science.
- Requires 3+ years experience in vegetable or strawberry growing.
- 5+ years senior management experience within the agriculture sector.
- Hands-on soil Irrigation experience essential.
- Knowledge of basic plant physiology, entomology and pathology will be beneficial.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be self-motivated and have a positive attitude.
- Must strive towards precision and attention to detail.
- Results focussed with a high urgency level.
Area: George.
Starting Date: URGENT, as soon as possible.
Salary offered: Market related and depending on experience. Please note that housing will NOT be provided.
Please apply online if you meet the above-mentioned requirements.
Please assume that your application was unsuccessful if you have not been contacted within 4 weeks.
Senior Strawberry Grower position available in Western Cape, George. This job position was posted by Finovate. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2024-06-08 at 13:03:39 in the Professions category
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