Farming Vegetable Researcher
Code: 696822
Mancan Staffing Agency is currently looking for a Farming Crew Member in Naples.
Job Description:
$16-$18p/h based on experience
Fulltime
Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm
Occasional Saturdays.
CREW MEMBER (Vegetable Research)
The Field Crew Member role is to assist the trial officers and project leads in delivering their projects and operational goals by providing support in executing vegetable research for Syngenta Seeds in the greenhouse and open field.
Accountabilities
• Perform open field trialing support. Assisting with open field trial activities - direct sowing, transplanting, pollination, collecting data, harvesting and extracting seed, creating labels
• Perform greenhouse nursery activities including: organizing nurseries, sowing, transplanting, tissue sampling, pollinating and extracting seed
• Interact with farm operations team and research teams to ensure timely trial cycles are achieved
• Performing all tasks and behaving in a manner compliant with and in support of all safety related company policies and practices, including Company training courses and leading safety in the roles respective function
Required Qualifications:
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to work in a team and to communicate with individuals throughout the organization
Preferred Qualifications:
• Agricultural research experience or agricultural background
Additional Information
• Physical demands of the essential functions: Capable of working in high or low temperature conditions in a field, greenhouse, growth chamber, warehouse. Capable of lifting up to 35 pounds. Capable of working long hours during time-critical periods of the research cycle.
• Potential allergens-pollen, fungal spores, chemical pesticides in field, greenhouse or growth chamber. Exposure to high and low temperatures, sun, rain, and dust.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
If interested send resumes over for consideration or you may start your application online by visiting our website (link below), click on the Register button (top corner /far right), and complete ALL areas of the application to the best of your ability. This includes, past jobs, work interests, work experience, and counties.
Please also be sure to upload your updated resume as we will need that in order to present you to our customer for an interview.
Our business hours are M-F, 8: 00 AM to 5:00 PM
We are looking to fill this job quickly!
Applications are taken Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday's from 9-11am and again from 1-3pm. Make sure to bring in two forms of unexpired government ID's
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