Sap Technician

Location

Yakima, WA | United States

Job description

Advancing Eco Agriculture is a rapidly growing company in the specialty plant nutrition, soil health, and crop consulting industry. We are looking for a Seasonal Part-Time Plant Sap collector to work early morning hours from May until September (approx. 30-40 hours a week). Plant Sap Analysis requires specialized leaf sampling early in the morning. Sap Technicians will drive to sampling locations, geolocate themselves to specific areas to be sampled, and collect data and samples from a list of areas. They will then drive to our Yakima based warehouse and assist in processing samples and collecting data.

Advancing Eco Agriculture has a strong company culture with a highly collaborative and supportive environment. We value clear and coherent communication, and work to grow and develop our team members. We are flexible and willing to work with your schedule

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform early morning plant sap analysis work in the field; will be trained in leaf sampling on a wide variety of crops.
• Use smartphone to take photos and detailed notes while on-farm
• Package and ship leaf samples
• Working with Google Suite
• May be asked to work weekends
• Field Scouting: driving by fields and confirming specific types of growth are present for sampling
• Field Evaluations: Taking pictures of leaves, diseased or problem areas

Requirements

• Availability needs to be early May through August: and 4AM until Noon (Flexible)

• Strong Interest in Plant Health
• Detail oriented
• Computer and smart phone savvy
• Self-starter
• Superior communication skills
• Good problem solver

Benefits

• $20/hour
• Standard mileage reimbursement rate

Job tags

Salary