Nutrient Management Specialist (m/f), Christchurch in Christchurch, Canterbury
Your tasks:
- Compile and analyze geospatial data to determine agricultural implications of factors such as soil quality, terrain, field productivity, fertilizers, and weather conditions
- Create, layer, and analyze maps showing precision agricultural data, such as crop yields, soil characteristics,input applications, terrain, drainage patterns, or field management history
- Divide agricultural fields into georeferenced zones, based on soil characteristics and production potentials
- Apply knowledge of government regulations when making agricultural recommendations
- Document and maintain records of precision agriculture information
- Collect information about soil or field attributes, yield data, or field boundaries, using field data recorders and basic geographic information systems
- Compare crop yield maps with maps of soil test data, chemical application patterns, or other information to develop site-specific crop management plans
- Recommend best crop varieties or seeding rates for specific field areas, based on analysis of geospatial data
- Develop soil sampling grids or identify sampling sites, using geospatial technology, for soil testing on characteristics such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium content, pH, and micronutrients
Your skills:
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action
- Using computers and computer systems to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events
Location
Christchurch
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