Farm Supervisor - Matsafeni Mdluli Farms - Mpumalanga
(2020-08)
Knowledgeable Farm Worker with drive and experience helping to carry out day-to-day tasks and long term projects on the farm. Skilled in soil preparation, irrigation processes, weeding, and pruning crops.
- Planting, fertilising and harvesting plants
- Feeding and herding animals
- Providing special diets and care for animals
- Collecting food or animal products
- Performing manual labour
- Operating farm equipment
- Inspecting and maintaining farming equipment
- Working alongside other farm employees
- Selling food products or animals to farm customers
- Repairing tools
- Updating sales and administration records
- Dig and plant seeds, or transplant seedlings by hand
- Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand
- Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers
- Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress
- Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities
- Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops
- Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops
- Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures
- Set up and operate irrigation equipment
- Apply pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers to crops
- Clear and maintain irrigation ditches
- Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting
Farm Worker (Forestry) - Komatiland Forests - Mpumalanga
(2018-01 - 2020-07)
Assist with forest conservation, wildfire prevention and management, environmental compliance for land developers and wildlife protection. The primary goal is to protect and preserve ecological areas, balancing public recreation with environmental stability.
- Assessing forests
- Following fire safety procedures
- Harvesting Pine trees
- Suppression of forest fires
- Monitor the progress of different forests
- Evaluating burned areas
- Adhering to planned forestry projects
- Planting seedlings
- Counting and measuring trees and vegetation
