Plennegy Reserch: Tractor Driver (Kempton Park) at Starke Ayres

Starke Ayres is the foremost African specialist and global supplier of premium vegetable, flower and lawn seed varieties - both for commercial and home garden planting. The following position has become available for a Tractor Driver, based in Kempton Park.

RESPONSIBILITIES


Driving and carrying out regular maintenance and repairs of tractors and other farm implements.
Operating tractors safely and efficiently.
Performing inspections of tractors and attachments like graders, rollers, and plows, and ensuring they are well-lubricated.
Using tractors to transport materials and pull or push agricultural equipment.
Prepare fields for planting.
Harvest vegetables by hand or machinery.
Apply pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers to crops.
Inform Farm Manager on progress of crops.
Operate farm equipment to spray pesticides on weeds along roadside and perimeter of fields to keep weeds down.


Requirements

REQUIREMENTS


Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
Experience in farm equipment and the farm industry.
Extensive knowledge of heavy equipment.
Experience performing maintenance on tractors and other farming equipment.