About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. or equivalent experience.
Tasks
- Cultivate on vertical farming system.
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non-marketable lots.
- Follow sustainable soy farming practices such as crop rotation, reduced-till or no-till, water and nutrient management, precision farming technology and cover crops.
- Guide growing shoots into optimal development positions.
- Level earth to fine grade specifications.
- Mixing fertilizer.
- Remove manually all suckers and water sprouts.
- Seed cutting.
- Soil fertility programs.
- Tie and secure plants.
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
- Maintain financial and production records.
- Provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers.
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed.
- Maintain quality control and production records.
- Supervise and oversee growing and other crop-related operations.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Apply the technique of hoeing between the row.
- Clear fields of wood and stones.
- Supervision: 11-15 people.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Pesticide Applicator's Licence.
- Type of crops: Ginseng.
- Potatoes.
- Equipment and machinery experience: Harvesters.
- Tractor.
- Area of specialization: Agricultural crop service.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Tight deadlines.
- Physically demanding.
- Attention to detail.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Personal suitability: Organized.
- Team player.
- Screening questions: Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Morning.
- Experience: 5 years or more.
- Employment terms options: Day.