Starke Ayres (Pty) Ltd.
Reference Number
G041488
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
Requirements
REQUIREMENTS:
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