Jamie Jansen Van Vuuren

Experience

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  Agricultural Research Council

  Jan 1985 - Aug 1998

  Chief Research Technician

  • Responsible for 11potato cultivar trials per year: planting, harvesting, sorting, weighing and evaluation - Ebenhaeser, Citrusdal, Ceres, Elsenburg and George.• Elsenburg: Application of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, irrigation of trials.• Responsible and supervision of labourers (administrative and disciplinary).• Involved at potato working groups - Sandveld, Ceres and Southern Cape.• Composition and submission of annual reports.

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  Potato Certification Service

  Apr 2010 - Oct 2023

  Co-ordination and performance of:- Training of Leaner Certification Officers.- Acceptance of registrations on laptop, measure of units with GPS.- Physical field- and tuber inspections, entering data on laptop.- Tuber sampling for bacterial wilt and virus testing.- Issue certification labels.- Administrative and report back, stock management.- Visits to clients, technical advice and support.- Investigation and monitoring of tuber related complaints on regional level.- Liaise with laboratories, Agriculture Research Council and Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (provincial level). Show less • Co-ordination and performance of:- Training of Leaner Certification Officers.- Acceptance of registrations on laptop, measure of units with GPS.- Physical field- and tuber inspections, entering data on laptop.- Tuber sampling for bacterial wilt and virus testing.- Issue certification labels.- Administrative and report back, stock management.- Visits to clients, technical advice and support.- Investigation and monitoring of tuber related complaints on regional level.- Liaise with laboratories, Agriculture Research Council and Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (provincial level). Show less

  • Regional Manager

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2023

  • Regional Manager

    Sept 1998 - Oct 2023

  • Regional Manager: Potato Certification Service, Christiana, South Africa

    Apr 2010 - Jan 2019
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  GWK

  Dec 2023 - now

  Quality Manager at GWK Douglas