Starke Ayres is the foremost African specialist and global supplier of premium vegetable, flower and lawn seed varieties – both for commercial and home garden planting. The following position has become available for a Seed Packer, based in Kempton Park. The purpose of this role is to ensure that seed received at the Work Station is cleaned and / or packed down in line with company policies and procedures and that cleaned and packed seed is presented for final packing and / or check weighing.
Complete relevant areas on Job Card before each seed lot is processed / packed down.
Receive seed lots for processing, packing and / or check weighing at the relevant work stations.
Check / verify quantities, kinds, varieties and lot numbers of seed received for processing, packing and / or weighing against the information contained on the relevant job card.
Sign off each area of responsibility on Job Card after having completed every step relevant to seed received.
Place processed / treated seed into applicable packaging according to prescribed procedures by hand or by means of operating the relevant equipment.
Accurately weigh / check-weigh containers according to prescribed procedures.
Close and label containers of processed / treated seed according to prescribed procedures.
Stack / pack containers with processed / treated seed according to prescribed procedures.
Operate the Cleaning and / or Packing equipment after the correct setup specification was achieved by the Supervisor.
Mark the outer containers with labels as prescribed.
Thoroughly clean the relevant equipment before and after operating it.