Technical Assistant

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Agriculture Technical
Reference: AW01/299/1024

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Employer: Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University

Faculty of AgriSciences

Department of Agronomy

Technical Assistant (Job Level 14)

Ref. AW01/299/1024

Duties:

• Preparing the greenhouses for trials and daily operations.

• Daily monitoring of tunnels, crops and trials with regular feedback to management.

• Seedling production for trial planting and ensuring alignment with trial protocols.

• Preparing plant nutrient mixtures, managing irrigation and fertilisation schedules, and monitoring nutrient use efficiency for various crops according to specifications provided.

• Compiling fertiliser stock tanks and maintaining an inventory of fertilisers.

• Scouting crops for pest and diseases and applying pest control agents according to schedule and prevention / incident.

• Managing fertilizer and pesticide inventory, ensuring safe usage and compliance.

• Trellising and pruning crops according to specific requirements.

• Collecting production data.

• Quality assessment and grading products.

• General tidiness and safety of the greenhouse terrain.

Required Skills

Grade 12 / Matric With Two Years’ Prior Learning Experience In Hydroponics/Horticulture/Agronomy.: 2 to 3 years
Knowledge Of Production Of Greenhouse Crops, Including Hydroponic Production Techniques.
Knowledge Of The Safe Application Of Pesticides.

Candidate Requirements

Requirements:

• Grade 12 / Matric with two years’ prior learning experience in hydroponics/horticulture/agronomy.

• Knowledge of production of greenhouse crops, including hydroponic production techniques.

• Knowledge of the safe application of pesticides.

• Good communication and reading skills (in at least Afrikaans and English).

• Good collaboration within the context of a team.

• Basic computer literacy.

• Independent.

• Reliable.

• Organised.

Recommendations:

• A valid Code 08 or 10 driver’s licence.

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About Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University is recognised as one of the four top research universities in South Africa. It takes pride in the fact that it has one of the country’s highest proportions of postgraduate students of which almost ten percent are international students.

The University lies in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley in the heart of the Western Cape Winelands. The University has ten faculties, of which eight – AgriSciences, Arts and Social Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Science, Theology and the larger part of Economic and Management Sciences - are located on the main campus in Stellenbosch with the Faculty of Health Sciences situated on the Tygerberg campus and the Faculty of Military Science in Saldanha. The University's Business School is situated at the Bellville Park campus.