Khululeko Chavani

A 27-year-old agricultural graduate with 6 years of experience in production and administration, seeking to apply and expand upon my skills in a dynamic agricultural role. A motivated individual with a passion for continuous learning and growth.

Assistant Nursery Manager at Ezigro Seedlings (Present)

Macadamia seedlings

• Management of Macadamia staff
• Giving daily duties to workers
• Production decisions such as spraying and fertilizer application
• Updating spray records and fertilizer records

Internship at RecruitAgri

Nursery & farming Specializing in Citrus, Macadamia, Avocado, Vegetables and Forestry

• Baynesfield Estate - Avocado picking supervision, scouting and orchard management.
• Rooderwal farm - Avocado picking supervision, scouting, tractor driving, production administration, packing and fertiliser application.
• Ezigro Seedlings - Mechanical and hand sawing, priking, supervision, scouting, sorting, budding, rooting, grafting, deweeding of vegetables, macadamia, citrus and avocados
• Westfalia fruits - Tree painting supervision, scouting, paint mixing.
• Groep91 - Citrus picking supervision, scouting, supervision assistance, irrigation maintenance & management, cultivation of citrus.

Lab Technician at QMS FoodTech (2024-04 – 2024-10)

Samples

• Lab administration including the receiving of samples, communicating with clients
• Samples processing including the nematodes processing, ASBVD processing, CBS processing, DID processing and packhouse quality checks
• Evaluations of CBS, Nematodes, and DID
• Insects identifications including FCM, Fruit Fly and BI
• Chemical preparations and bottling

Scouting at JJ De Nysschen (2023-09 – 2024-03)

Citrus production

• scouting of citrus trees by monitoring for pests and diseases, changing of the traps
• Production administration including chemical application records, and scout admnistration

Work Integrated Learning + Production clerk at komatifruits (2020-02 – 2023-09)

Citrus production

• Packhouse duties including administration, grading, packing, palletizing and preparing for load.
• Production duties including scouting, irrigation maintenance, citrus cultivation, sanitation, picking supervision, tree counting, tree painting and administration
• Ordering of chemicals, fertilizers, diesels, irrigation tools, PPE and tools
• Production administration including stock taking, fertilizer application records, chemical application records, scouting records, health and safety filling and leave applications.
• Irrigation scheduling records - checking the probes and downloading data from the probes
• Orchards verifications with DARLD before packing season
• Scouting and supervision of scouters

Bachelor of Science Honours in Environmental Management - Project Management – University of South Africa (2024-01)

Advanced Diploma in Agricultural Management - Crop Production – University of South Africa (2022-01 – 2022-12)

Diploma in Agriculture in Plant Production - Plant Production – University of Mpumalanga (2017-01 – 2020-12)

Grade 12 – Thambisa Secondary School (2016-01 – 2016-12)