Johan Rabie

I love the outdoors and I love to grow and learn new things

Grower - Arboreta nursery wellington

Jan 2022 - jan 2023

The Grower works with a team to provide all daily care and crop culture for a wide variety of plants. The Grower works safely in a wholesale environment and in compliance with established regulations and OHSA standards. Works with the growing, care and maintenance of the horticultural products that are produced for wholesale or retail sales. Applies technical procedures, timing and metering devices that control frequency, amount and type of nutrient fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. Monitors plant development and the removal of substandard plants to maintain quality standards. Properly manage external nursery plants and irrigate as needed, both manually and with automatic systems such as drippers, flood tables and booms. Mix and apply fertilisers, pesticides, plant growth regulators, and other treatments. Monitor plant development to evaluate growth and quality. Maintain records of growth and production. Trim, space, prune and stake plants as directed. Perform essential maintenance and repairs. Prepares spaces, compost, bags, planting material and peripheral support items, required for planned production.Remove substandard or diseased plants to maintain quality standards.

Assists in the development of growing procedures for new species in product line and new cultivation techniques. Assist in training employees in growing techniques and activitiesAbility to calculate figures amounts, proportions, percentages and volumes in relation to the application of fertilisers, chemicals and water.Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions necessary to identify a wide variety of conditions such as plant diseases, existence of insects, etc.Ability to lead, monitor and instruct a team in order to achieve production targets.Planning, organising and display attention to detail. Adaptability and multi-tasking: experience working in a fast - moving environment. Foster positive working relationships.

ASSISTANT TECH MANAGER - DENNY MUSHROOMS DURBANVILLE

July 2017 - Feb 2021

Record keeping - including implementing SOP through whole farm. Hygiene throughout the farm from washing, fogging and foaming rooms and passages. Compost making - stock take, taking readings ensure health and safety on standard. Worked close with a team to ensure everything was done on standard and that everything was done according to SOP standards. Record keeping: Disease, chemicals used, fertilisers, adjustments in growing, room temperatures, fan speed and pressure readings. The right amount of bails are getting dunked for each batch of compost. Admin for standard operating procedures of all the activities on the farm. Stock taking. Hygiene: Washed all rooms with chlorine, made sure the passages are clean, all lugs are taken out and washed, make sure all the staff were dressed correctly (PPE), foot baths washed and refilled on a daily basis. Training of staff. Managing a team to check disease accordingly. Growing room controls: Check sufficient airflow in rooms, check compost temperatures, make sure rooms are clean and tidy, count disease, cover all disease on the mushrooms with salt and check the fly count. Composting: Comprehensive general knowledge of the compost making process. Checking the compost yard schedule. Taking readings of temperatures, checking tunnel temperatures, moisture index, ammonia levels, fill heights, machinery conditions, water quality and management of staff.ESTATE MANAGER - VESUVIO ESTATE - PAARL

OCT 2016 - MAARCH 2017

Manage the olive farm in all aspects to produce maximum olive growth and oil production. Manage all operation on farm and in the bottling plant. Manage human resources – farm workers, bottling staff and casuals. Close co-operation and coordination with Financial Manager. Grove Management, cultivation, chemical pest control, fertiliser programme, pruning, irrigation, development of new groves. Fencing, general hygiene, pest control (spray, chemicals used, calibration) Orchard maintenance – cultivation details, irrigation schedules etc.

FARM MANAGER - LEBOMBO CAPE - PAARL

March 2015 - Sept 2016

Product Quality: Planting, fertilising, harvesting, spray program, water and disease analysis.

Production Efficiency: Waste, time management. Record keeping of Global Gap, spray, program, fertilising program, harvest dates, production volumes etc. Daily reporting. Planning of Woolworths quality with Woolworths Key Accounts. Check quality of the water by reading the EC and pH. Repairs & Maintenance: Preventative maintenance. Cleaning of filters, tanks & UV lights. Buildings & greenhouses. Spray equipment. Calibration equipment and instruments.

Communication & Training: Maintained relationships with consultants.Stock Control: Chemicals,

equipment & tools.People Management (8 to 11 staff): Adhered HR policy and procedures.

Maintained HR productivity/allocation of tasks. Health & Safety (spray operators/protective clothing). Administration and Development: Interpretation of climate and irrigation data. Daily checklist. Process flows (from planting to harvest / instruction manual) Procedures i.e. breakdowns, weekends etc.

LIFE COACH/TEACHER ON THE KINGDOM OF

GOD - STELLENBOSCH

JAN 2013 - FEB 2015

I lead a group on a weekly basis as a life coach, regarding horticulture industry, sustainable development, finances and Kingdom school education. During this time I did continual research on a number of topics such as genetics, space, finance and sustainable development and I did an online school called The Nest which was all about Kingdom values and standards. Also planned and organised annual conferences (International speakers) and did the online marketing for these conferences. A Minimum of 350+ people attended these conferences. During this time I also had the opportunity to help serve the community during an outreach to India. I also talked and trained the group of people about Kingdom principles and applying it to your life.

MAINTENANCE MANAGER / FARM MANAGER - IRIS MINISTRIES - PEMBA MOZAMBIQUE

SEPT 2009 - NOV 2012

I decided to take some time to follow another passion of mine and joined Iris ministries with Heidi Baker, we cared for 1200 children at the IRIS orphanage. I also attended the Missions School, lead various outreach teams (50 people at a time) within Mozambique.

Building a reservoir and overseeing the water system. Maintaining and fixing building repairs. Planting of an orchard consisting of 2ha Citrus and 2ha Mango trees, 10ha Maize, 1ha peanuts and 1ha peppers. We prepared the land and I trained the locals to prune the trees, prepare soil, planting of seeds and the basic farming practises.

ASSISTANT MANAGER - BACKSBERG ESTATE - SIMONDIUM

APRIL 2007 - SEPT 2009

Monitoring of pest and diseases on 80ha wine grapes, 8ha blueberries, 15ha citrus trees, 6ha pomegranates and 3ha figs and responding with appropriate sprays. Recording and implementation of: irrigation, spraying and mechanical programmes. Productivity monitoring: labor and mechanical tasks. Data collection: Pruning, crop control, pre harvest and harvest.Water monitoring in relation to sugar percentages for grapes. Management of people and production teams.Management of appropriate weekly fertilisers for all of the fruit varieties.Maintain an up to date record of sprays and fertilisers for Global Gap. Maintenance of property. Production of compost and feed for plants to minimise spray usage.

MANAGER - OAKLANDS ESTATE - WELLINGTON

JAN 2006 - APRIL 2007

Overseeing the basic production and hydroponics of an organic vegetable farm. Building of plastic vegetable tunnels. Planting of seeds. Supervising plant germination in heat rooms and quarantine tunnels for sun exposure.

Building of new soil beds and replanting of new seedlings. Building and maintaining dripper piping, to water the seedlings.

Ensuring optimum growth through adding nutrients to the water system.

Management of spray control for pests and disease. Facilitating the harvest process.

Management of the natural water resources in case of drought.

Had to prepare seedling trays for sowing seeds to propagate for next planting.

The organic farming of the estate closed down due to strong winds destroying all the tunnels.

I’ve also helped a bit during foal season with managing the camps to make sure that everything is in order and I’ve also helped with the 1 yearlings to move to different camps as well as feeding the horses in the morning as well as in the afternoon

Diploma at CPUT in Agriculture