AddressFarm Technical Officer
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Reference no: 497306
Work type: Continuing - Full Time
Location: Wagga Wagga
Categories:Technical Officer
- Hands-on position in secure employment
- Support operation of cropping programs across the University
- Bring your knowledge of the Australian agriculture research and innovation landscape
The role
- Full Time, Continuing
- Level 4 - $68,892 to $74,785 p.a. (plus 17% superannuation)
- Wagga Wagga
You will use your extensive knowledge of the Australian livestock industry to provide leadership and business acumen to support the coordination of cropping programs across research and learning activities of the University.
You will work with experienced agronomy teams to ensure and monitor crop health, pest and disease management and ensure crop protection measures are implemented effectively. Whilst ensuring all equipment and machinery and well maintained and continuously upholding safety protocols and regulations.
As part of this recruitment, a pre-employment functional screening is required.
About you
- Relevant qualifications and or experience
- Demonstrated hands-on farming experience
- Physical capacity to undertake manual labor and demonstrated manual handling techniques
- Knowledge of modern agricultural machinery and practices and ability to operate and maintain farm machinery
- Current NSW C class drivers licence
Benefits
About us
We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.
The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.
Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.
The Agrisciences Research and Business Park (AgriPark) based on Charles Sturt University’s Wagga Wagga campus is a key step in the University’s long held vision and commitment to support, facilitate and grow the nations agricultural sector. It provides dedicated infrastructure, services and support to allow innovative industry to co-locate, integrate and collaborate with each other and the multidisciplinary research strengths at Charles Sturt University to meet emerging national and global challenges and enable major advances over the coming decades.
Charles Sturt University is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. This is demonstrated through our Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award and our participation as a member in the Australian Workplace Equality Index. Applications are encouraged from Indigenous Australians; people with a disability; women (particularly for senior and non-traditional roles); people who identify as LGBTIQA+; and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
To apply
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This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.
Further information
Closing Date: 11 pm, 6 June 2024
Position Description
Advertised: 23 May 2024 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 06 Jun 2024 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Standard Time
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