Andries Motholo

Self-motivated farm professional with extensive experience in agricultural education, farm management, and stakeholder engagement. Lecturer and Acting Vice Principal at Glen College of Agriculture responsible for skills programmes in the Free State province.

Provincial

Stakeholders portfolio committee Chairperson. Experienced in crop production, farm operations, work-integrated learning placement, and mentoring of emerging farmers. Skilled in supervisory leadership, strategic planning, and agricultural consultation across multiple TVET institutions.

Lecturer Crop Production and Acting Vice Principal TVET - Department of Agriculture Free State - Glen College of Agriculture

(2007-01)

• Preparation of practical and theoretical materials, present lectures, maintain discipline during class
• Compilation of question papers and memorandums for examinations, grading of answer sheets, papers and assignments
• Practical evaluations, invigilate during tests and exams as required
• Presentation of practical, theory and short courses to students and farmers
• Outreaching to different agricultural stake holders to identify/determine the training needs of clients
• Mentor for internship programme run by Potato South Africa doing research on potato cultivars and presentation of the results to farmers on selection of new cultivars
• Farm Manager for Glen College students' farm for production of crops, orchards and greenhouses
• Strategic management planning of the college and implementation of programmes set out by APP
• Mentoring and supporting of emerging farmers through placement of students to enhance productivity and job creation for Glen college graduates
• Establishment of food gardening in the province and subsistence farmers mentoring and training
• Maintenance of farm tractors, implements, and vehicles
• Stakeholders engagements programmes for WIL, RECRUITMENT, GARDENING

Farm production manager - Denmar Estates

(2005-07-15 - 2007-01-26)

• Management of orchards (cherries, blueberries, Raspberries, Black berries)
• Management of cash crops (Asparagus, dry beans, Maize, Soya)
• Technical advisor for fruit trees production
• Beef Cattle manager
• Transformation and Human resource manager
• Pack house Quality control and distribution co-ordinator for farm produce
• Farm enterprise budgets
• Transporting farm produce to the market and wholesalers
• Marketing of the farm produce

B-tech - Agricultural Management - Central University of technology (2010)

Diploma - Agriculture (crop production) - Glen College of Agriculture (2006)

Grade 12 - Kgotso-Uxolo Secondary School