FIELD SCOUT TECHNICIAN

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Nortera is a company that creates the space for a fair, open and quality workplace. You will be given opportunities to grow and develop your experience and craft. When you decide to apply with us you won’t just be joining a workplace you will be joining part of a team you can trust and will become a valuable member of our Nortera Family.

Daily Roles

Duties

The Field Scout technicians are responsible for monitoring and ensuring healthy crop growth through scouting, distribution, planting assistance and harvest field assistance. Daily duties include :

• Monitor growth and development of sweet corn and green pea fields from planting to harvest
• Record scouting observations in our AgroOne data base and report findings to Ag Manager an Crop Supervisor regularly
• Monitor and report European Corn Borer populations by setting up traps in sweet corn fields
• Management of ECB traps to help determine timely pesticide applications and reporting data to growers
• Operate a handheld GPS device to track planted and harvested acres
• Operate a quad to track planted acres, collect ECB traps and collect pre-test samples
• Records organized data on company Google Drove including Google Sheets and Docs
• Assists in the distribution of seed to growers
• Gathers pre test samples to determine when the crop is ready for harvest and reports findings to management team
• Maintains communication with management team, growers and harvesting crews

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