Dear All:
We have a Type 4 (Seasonal Ag Worker) position available as described below. Please share with any graduating senior (Agricultural Science/Plant Science/Ag & Food Systems/Environmental and Business Economics background preferred) interested in gaining some experience in field experimentation and ag produce handling.
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We have a Type 4 (Seasonal Ag Worker) position available as described below. Please share with any graduating senior (Agricultural Science/Plant Science/Ag & Food Systems/Environmental and Business Economics background preferred) interested in gaining some experience in field experimentation and ag produce handling.
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Position
Available: Rutgers Type 4 (Seasonal Agricultural
Worker)
1.
Purpose
of appointment:
The Rutgers Type 4 Seasonal
Agricultural Worker (SAW) position in the NJAES Exotic Pepper
Project is needed
to manage the greenhouse and field studies designed to compare
exotic pepper
selections for public release
starting
in 2016. These studies will involve raising pepper seedlings in
the greenhouse,
transplanting in the field, managing the peppers in the field
(fertilizer
application and weeding), collecting data on growth and
development, and
harvesting. In addition the SAW will organize the Harvest Your
Own Pepper
(HYOP) 2016, which shall include visual evaluation of pepper
selections by
participants at the HYOP 2016 event (in October 2016).
2.
Additional
activities: As the
need arises and in addition to the
above responsibilities, the SAW will work on other crops such as
tigernuts,
green amaranth, roselle and okra in the greenhouse and field to
advance
production, harvesting and marketing at Farmers Markets and
Rutgers Dining
Services in New Brunswick
3.
Period
of appointment:
From Monday
June 6, 2016 till
November 30, 2016, in the first instance.
4.
Location
of appointment:
Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, New
Brunswick, NJ
5.
Work
hours: 32 hours
per week (or 4 [four] 8-hr days per
week)
6.
Wage:
$11/hr
7.
Employment
status: Rutgers
Type 4
8.
Supervisor:
Dr.
Albert Ayeni
9.
Health
Insurance: The
SAW must comply with Rutgers’
conditions on health insurance requirements.
10. Mobility:
Employee must have a means of transportation
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Best, Albert-- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Albert Ayeni, Ph.D. Coordinator, Entrepreneurship Ag Program Co-Director, International Science and Education Coordinator, Africa Regional Programs Dept. Plant Biology & Pathology Rutgers' SEBS Foran Hall Room 268 59 Dudley Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Tel: 848-932-6289; 732-932-3844 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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