Spray Operative & General Tractor Worker
Salary: £11.50 - £15.00 per hour
Location: Staffordshire
Working for a family run business producing over 4,000 tonnes strawberries and 800 tonnes of raspberries per annum. Working hours variable per week dependent on crop and weather and the time of year.
TRAINEE: Training programme to achieve PA1/PA3 & NROSO qualification
EXPERIENCED: PA1/PA3 qualified with 1 year experience with good numerical skills
Driving licence: B
Computer literate (preferred but not essential)
Daily Operations
To spray agrochemicals and horticultural chemicals using air assisted & boom sprayers
Responsible of calibration of sprayers and apparatus used in between NSTS tests
To ensure all documents and spray forms are completed accurately and promptly
Transportation of chemicals for field operations
Communicate with management on daily operations as required
Delivering diesel
Transportation of liquid fertilizer
Transportation of water
Soil sampling
To liaise with customers when needed
To spread suspension fertiliser/lime/green waste/manure
To apply liquid fertiliser
To spread slug pellets
To apply biological control
To operate a variety of machinery to assist in field work to assist in groundwork, transportation of produce
Providing support to all aspects of the operation team in other elements of the farming business
Position Requirements
Effective team player to work co-operatively, effectively with others and independently at times without supervision delivering crop targets on spraying
Ability to work under pressure and to keep to work deadlines as requested by management in a timely and efficient manner
Excellent communication skills to build effective working relationships
Flexible approach to working hours and managing changing priorities
Solution focused
Self-motivated
