2 Product Development Technician
2025-06-08T10:18:48+00:00
Naseco Seeds
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FULL_TIME
Nalweyo, Kakumiro District
Uganda
00256
Uganda
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Food Products Manufacturing
2025-06-15T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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To undertake research field activities in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, quality guidelines and best agronomic practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
1) Supervise field activities.
• Support timely land preparation and planting activities
• Survey the fields and check for weeds, insects and diseases
• Measure correct quantities of the appropriate chemicals for spraying and
supervise proper spraying of the trials and nursery fields according to the spraying program.
• Carry out spot weeding, thinning, top dressing and pollination.
• Prepare for pollination activities by assembling the tools to be used in the field for Shoot capping, Pollen bagging, Silks cutting and Pollination.
• Supervise harvesting in accordance with internal quality guidelines.
2) Carry out data collection with accuracy at all stages from germination to harvesting for both the qualitative and quantitative traits in nurseries and trials to aid the evaluation of performance of new high hybrids.
3) Carry out packaging activities in an orderly and organized manner;
4) Seasonal workers supervision
• Observe how work is done and intervene where necessary to ensure work is done according to SOPs.
5) Maintain storage facilities in good order; fumigation of the storage facility, arranging of the seed packages in the store and Chemical application on the seeds against the insecticides and rodents
6) Any other duties allocated by the supervisor from time to time
Minimum Job Requirements Education: Diploma in Agriculture with a bias in Crop science. Professional Experience: One year field experience in Agronomy practice. Competencies: Knowledge and understanding good agronomic practices; Data collection skills; Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills; Computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel.
1) Supervise field activities.
• Support timely land preparation and planting activities
• Survey the fields and check for weeds, insects and diseases
• Measure correct quantities of the appropriate chemicals for spraying and
supervise proper spraying of the trials and nursery fields according to the spraying program.
• Carry out spot weeding, thinning, top dressing and pollination.
• Prepare for pollination activities by assembling the tools to be used in the field for Shoot capping, Pollen bagging, Silks cutting and Pollination.
• Supervise harvesting in accordance with internal quality guidelines.
2) Carry out data collection with accuracy at all stages from germination to harvesting for both the qualitative and quantitative traits in nurseries and trials to aid the evaluation of performance of new high hybrids.
3) Carry out packaging activities in an orderly and organized manner;
4) Seasonal workers supervision
• Observe how work is done and intervene where necessary to ensure work is done according to SOPs.
5) Maintain storage facilities in good order; fumigation of the storage facility, arranging of the seed packages in the store and Chemical application on the seeds against the insecticides and rodents
6) Any other duties allocated by the supervisor from time to time
Diploma in Agriculture with a bias in Crop science. Professional Experience: One year field experience in Agronomy practice. Competencies: Knowledge and understanding good agronomic practices; Data collection skills; Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills; Computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel.
JOB-6845638870a37
Vacancy title:
2 Product Development Technician
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Food Products Manufacturing]
Jobs at:
Naseco Seeds
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, June 15 2025
Duty Station:
Nalweyo, Kakumiro District | Uganda | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Sunday, June 8 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
To undertake research field activities in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures, quality guidelines and best agronomic practices.
Duties and Responsibilities
1) Supervise field activities.
• Support timely land preparation and planting activities
• Survey the fields and check for weeds, insects and diseases
• Measure correct quantities of the appropriate chemicals for spraying and
supervise proper spraying of the trials and nursery fields according to the spraying program.
• Carry out spot weeding, thinning, top dressing and pollination.
• Prepare for pollination activities by assembling the tools to be used in the field for Shoot capping, Pollen bagging, Silks cutting and Pollination.
• Supervise harvesting in accordance with internal quality guidelines.
2) Carry out data collection with accuracy at all stages from germination to harvesting for both the qualitative and quantitative traits in nurseries and trials to aid the evaluation of performance of new high hybrids.
3) Carry out packaging activities in an orderly and organized manner;
4) Seasonal workers supervision
• Observe how work is done and intervene where necessary to ensure work is done according to SOPs.
5) Maintain storage facilities in good order; fumigation of the storage facility, arranging of the seed packages in the store and Chemical application on the seeds against the insecticides and rodents
6) Any other duties allocated by the supervisor from time to time
Minimum Job Requirements Education: Diploma in Agriculture with a bias in Crop science. Professional Experience: One year field experience in Agronomy practice. Competencies: Knowledge and understanding good agronomic practices; Data collection skills; Excellent interpersonal communication and reporting skills; Computer skills in MS Word and MS Excel.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 12
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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