Robert Jackson Email & Phone Number

East Malling, England, United Kingdom

• Planning and organising day-to-day activities in the glasshouse department, prioritising and assigning daily tasks to individuals depending on the required work.
• Supervising glasshouse technicians and casual workers from overseas. Monitor their performance.
• Setup and maintain irrigation systems in glasshouses and in polytunnels.
• Liaising with research and breeding teams to understand needs and to improve our services.
• Weekly crop walks to monitor pests and diseases on a variety of crops, including strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. Using skills and knowledge from my BASIS Qualification.
• Training new team members on a range of tasks, including the correct use of machinery.

East Malling, England, United Kingdom

• Day to day maintenance of glasshouses and a variety of crops
• Grafting of apple, cherry, pear, ash, and oak trees
• Budding cherry and apple trees
• Tree pruning
• Fruit assessments
• Data collection

Hadlow, England, United Kingdom

• Supporting the delivery practical and theory lessons in horticulture
• Creating lesson plans around horticultural subjects (plant physiology, plant biology, crop management)
• Leading practical lessons using horticultural machinery
• Helping students to grow crops, from cultivation the soil, sowing seed, crop management through the year, harvesting
• Assisting the glasshouse team with the commercial growing of flowers of retail
• Assisting Degree students growing tomatoes for research, funded by an external company

Bsc, Countryside Management And Wildlife Conservation, 2:2

Activities and Societies: Climbing society

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