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Lead Grower in Training
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Wenke Greenhouses
Kalamazoo, MI (In Person)
$52,000 Salary, Full-Time
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Header Overview The Lead Grower-in-Training is a section grower who is also the understudy to the Lead Grower. He/She has direct crop growing responsibilities including watering, fertilizing, chemical applications, scouting, environment management and more. In addition, the Lead Grower-in-Training is starting to take further responsibilities for utilizing the environmental controls, training others, communication about the crop and more. Responsibilities
- Watering and fertilizing the crop by hand-watering with a hose, boom, and/or drip irrigation
- Chemical applications (plant growth regulators, insecticides, fungicides, etc.)
- Soil testing to determine crop pH/EC
- Use of beneficial bugs to replace pesticides where possible
- Disease/pest scouting and prevention
- Operate the environmental controls for light, shade, vents, temperatures affect crop growth
- Communication about needed crop care and concerns (pinching, spacing, statuses
- Facility/equipment maintenance
- Under the Lead Grower's direction, coordinate, train, and supervise section growers and grower trainees to ensure that they are getting their responsibilities for the crops completed.
- Understand and carry out both the safety rules and the company policies consistently and fairly.
- Potential involvement with the Move & Space supervisor for spacing and moving crops
- Potential involvement with the Pinch/Trim/Patch supervisor for plant maintenance
- Assist with grower meetings, note taking and following up to implement changes from meetings. Skills Foundational knowledge about how to grow a quality crop with our facilities, equipment, and environment
- Solid understanding of both conventional and more natural chemicals, (fertilizer, plant growth regulators, fungicides, insecticides) beneficials and application methods.
- Awareness of common plant pest and disease issues, their prevention, and treatments.
- Grasp on computerized environmental controls
- Desire to continuously improve and learn. Capacity to seek out information.
- Ability to manage and lead other growers while also being a part of the team.
- Willingness to take responsibility and make decisions.
- Basic understanding about the costs of production in consideration with the selling price.
- MI Pesticide Applicator's License.
- Mechanical skills beneficial.
- Ability to speak Spanish helpful.
Experience Required:
- 3-5 years of prior growing experience with annuals and/or perennials