The Company: Baraka Roses- Nakuru (Ngorika) Job Vacancy: Spray Supervisor – Flower Sector
The Spray Supervisor will have the following responsibilities:
- monitoring, reporting and instituting control measures on all pests and diseases in the section;
- training; instructing and instituting follow ups on all plant management activities that drive production;
- proactive planning of daily activities and work allocation to staff and ensuring efficiency of all agronomic activities on crops;
- projecting weekly and daily labour requirements, observing attendance and reporting any shortfalls on productivity to management;
- monitoring the irrigation and fertigation efficiency and advising where alterations are needed for maximum crop production; and
- Ensuring compliance with Company Health & Safety policies.
The incumbent should have the following qualifications:-:
- A degree in Horticulture / Agriculture with at least 3 years’ experience in roses growing.
- Candidates with a Diploma and extensive relevant experience may be considered;
- monitoring and evaluation skills;
- highly developed team working, communication and interpersonal skills;
- excellent record keeping and analytical skills; and
- Knowledge in crop nutrition and pest management will be an added advantage.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Pest & Diseases identification skills;
- Highly developed team working, communication and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent record keeping and analytical skills; and
- Experience in flower growing will be an added advantage
- Monitoring and scouting of pests and diseases;
- Reporting and drawing data of infestation, infection and deficiency levels;
- Monitoring efficiency of products used for control measures;
- Monitoring plant growth and behaviour in response of elements of feeding;
- Supervision of IPM approaches to pest and disease management as well as compiling IPM and conventional reports for management for action;
- Verification of pest and disease infestation trends;
- Coordinating with spray/crop supervisors and management on pest and disease control/crop quality;
- Verifying/validating of scouting reports to confirm accuracy and reliability;
- Planning, organising and assigning scout’s duties and instituting on the job training;
- Filing of scouting documents/reports;
- Ensuring management plans/intentions on plant health are implemented in time;
- Facilitating trials on new products prior to commercial use within the farm;
- Ensuring orders for scouting purposes are placed on time.
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