Department Of Agriculture: Entry Level Auxiliary Service Officer

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development invites unemployed youth to apply for the following Government entry level Jobs / positions.

Job level: Grade 12 / Junior / Entry level SA Government Jobs

Salary: R181 599 per annum

Reference No: 3/2/1/2023/206

Responsibilities:

• Plant seed and seedling for evaluation of new plant varieties in terms of the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act and the Plant Improvement Act.
• Plant seed / seedlings / plants in seeding trays / plant bags / pots in the greenhouse / field.
• Group seedling trays according to randomisation.
• Spray insecticide / fungicide in the greenhouse.
• Apply fertilisers in the field.
• Plant seeds in identified row in the field.
• Re-insert plant markers in the trial field.
• Label plant markers for trade and post control, seedling trays / field trials.
• Provide administrative and technical support services for Distinct, Uniformity and Stability (DUS) the evaluations.
• Monitor and provide report of trials.
• Count numbers of plants per row in trials.
• Take measurements of plant / plant parts on selected varieties.
• Record measurements in the relevant International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) datasheet.
• Maintaining the filing system. Mark labels / packages, harvest and thrash selected material.
• Operate irrigation system.
• Process seed of standard varieties.
• Retrieve seed of identified varieties from cold store.

Requirements:

• Applicants must be in a possession of a Grade 12 Certificate.
• No experience required.

Skills and Competencies:

• Basic writing and numerical skills.
• Basic knowledge of plant morphology.
• Basic farming and cultivation practices.
• Reliability,
• Planning and execution and Self-discipline.
• Required to work under harsh environment conditions