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The Potato Operations and Field Manager will be responsible for maintaining and coordinating all aspects of equipment and field management. They will have a clear focus on the organized implementation and maintenance of healthy experimental plots and small plot trials and will work closely with the Director of R & D.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage experimental plots to accurately assess yield and quality.
- Operate, maintain and repair field equipment.
- Calibrate and optimize field equipment
- Irrigation Scheduling and implementation
- Provide Technical and Crop Intelligence Advice to the Director of R & D.
- Help develop and implement agronomy plans for various technologies developed at Tuberosum.
- Operate and Maintain Greenhouse production
- Identify and Optimize agronomic best practices for greenhouse production
- Identify keys for commercial introduction of New Varieties with associated Best Management Practices.
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Driver's licence
Specific Skills
- Plant, cultivate and harvest crops
- Maintain Farm Machinery, Equipment And Buildings
Type of Equipment
- Vegetable or fruit harvester
- Truck
- Tractor
- Irrigation system
- Fertilizer applicator
- Crop sprayer or duster
Type of Farm Operations
- Potato and vegetable
- Experimental