Experience

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  Nwga

  May 2020 - Jul 2020

  Contractor

  Conducting survey based on Farmers experience to be able to:*Improve the profitability and sustainability of wool farming * Utilise the favourable market conditions experienced by wool producers to convince other sheep farmers to change over to wool sheep farming *Improve wool quality *Provide training and mentoship to increase the skill of farmers regarding wool production

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  North-west university / noordwes-universiteit

  Mar 2021 - Jan 2022

  Student assistant

  My duties as a student assistant in the department of Animal Science at North-West University are as follow:Conducting and Demonstrating practical sessions to undergraduate students. Supervision of final year student project

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  Department of agriculture land reform and rural development

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Assistant agricultural officer
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  Meat naturally pty

  May 2022 - now

  Oversee integrated approaches and rangeland restoration plans for participatingcommunities and partners implementing the Project-supported regenerative grazingand herd health improvement for carbon mitigation benefits. Coordinate and actively support the implementation of Meat Naturally’s market.access activities and administration, including soliciting new buying agents. Engage local government, private sector, traditional authorities, and civil society groupsto leverage buy-in and support for sustainable livestock value chains in the region. Support farmer engagement and negotiation, particularly in new sites and ensurementorship/ coaching of participating farmer organizations to administer rangelandrestoration plans successfully. Oversee the training and on-site actions of >200 bursary-supported herders across thetarget areas. Coordinate implementation and ensure Monitoring and Evaluation activities areimplemented as set per set indicators. Responsible for maintaining comprehensive and accurate engagement records andattendance registers (electronic and physical) for all implementation activities with theprovince and consolidation into monthly and seasonal reports. Ensure continuous improvements for ensuring staff health and safety as and whereneeded and respond to health or safety incidents. Participate in technical and management meetings as well as investor site visits asrequired. Manage the performance of implementation staff and ensure appropriatedevelopment and coaching/mentorship opportunities are put in place to supportsuccession planning across the province herder development programme. Present project progress and planning to a range of audiences as and whenneeded. Developing user-friendly documentation for community feedback meetings onEcoranger and market access performance, including the writing of at least onenewsletter story draft every other month. Show less Conducting ecological assessments;Training and providing technical oversight of professional herding teams to implementregenerative grazing and restoration plans;Implementing seasonal and annual monitoring plans;Supporting a range of ecological research projects by technical college and universitystudents;Consolidating monitoring information and implementation analysis into technical reports aswell as documentation for community feedback meetings; andConducting workshops and capacity development on the benefits of an ecological approachto veld management within a communal grassland context for farmers, ecorangers, andcommunities. Show less

  • Eastern Cape Field Manager

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Rangeland Ecologist

    May 2022 - Mar 2024