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 Research Field Assistant, based in Oudtshoorn.
Assists farm manager, breeders and production department with day-to-day operations thereby ensuring that research and production activities are carried out effectively and efficiently in open fields and or growing tunnels.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Seed Store & Planning Coordination
- Collect seed from the seed store and arrange as indicated on the planting lists as prepared by Production/Breeders.
- Ensure correct numbering of seed as indicated on the planting lists.
- Applies to all production, breeding and screening programmes, including grow-out evaluations, disease screening trials, and trials at different locations.