Job Description

Closing Date 2025/11/05
Reference Number AEC251022-6
Pillar AECI Plant Health
Job Title Technical/ Sales Graduate (South)
Job Type Classification Graduate
Job Grade BU
Number of Positions 1
Location - Town / Site Western Cape
Location - Province Western Cape
Location - Country South Africa

• Product training on herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, adjuvants, nutrition, and biologicals
• Executing research Farm Duties including, but not limited to, product application, measuring and reporting
• Involvement in product development through field trials and adherence to regulatory requirements
• Understanding product formulation in the Research & Development Laboratory
• Executing quality control duties within the quality control Laboratory
• Understanding the production of products
• Exposure to AECI Plant Health's Emerging Farmer Initiative
• Exposure to various Depots and the associated duties
• Research and report-writing
• Assistance with technical support and sales duties, as delegated by the responsible Technical Advisor and Regional Sales Manager
• In addition to the above, the incumbent will also be expected to undergo formal training.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum educational requirement Grade 12 with post matric tertiary qualification of a B.Agric/B.Sc Agric degree.
• AVCASA/BASOS advantageous
• A sound knowledge or experience in the agrochemical industry advantageous
• Relevant knowledge or experience in the agrochemical industry with basic knowledge of agricultural systems, AgChem, Plant Nutrition and Physiological/technical aspects of the main crops that will be encountered in the region
• Must be fully computer literate MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook)

Skills Required