QUALITY CONTROL ASSISTANT

Description

Job Summary: Professional responsible for conducting soil, sugarcane, pest, and seedling sampling; biological control; and assisting in agricultural quality control analyses. Key Highlights: 1. Fieldwork involving soil and sugarcane sampling and pest monitoring. 2. Implementation of biological control and assistance in laboratory analyses. 3. Opportunities for professional growth and development. **None:****RESPONSIBILITIES:** Collect soil, leaf, root, and clump samples by walking across the entire farm area for laboratory analysis. Cut sugarcane samples for delivery and technological quality analysis at the industrial laboratory. Conduct quality sampling of agricultural operations (soil preparation, sugarcane planting, fertilization, pesticide application, irrigation, sugarcane harvesting). Monitor pests from early-stage sugarcane through harvest-ready cane: manually cut and split cane stalks to inspect for pests and damage inside; remove all straw around the sugarcane base to check for pests; manually dig holes and excavate soil trenches to inspect for pests. Apply biological agents for pest control by manually releasing natural enemies (Cotesia flavipes and Trichogramma galloi). Sample seedlings by walking across the entire farm area within sugarcane plots, manually counting, cutting, weighing, and splitting cane stalks to inspect for pests and diseases; count viable buds; observe stem corking, cane cracks, and damaged internodes. Re-cover sugarcane stalks during planting that are not fully covered by mechanical planters, using manual tools (hoes). Prepare sterile materials, solutions, culture media, and decontaminate equipment for use in quality control analyses. Assist in the production, handling, and quality evaluation of biological control agents (fungi and bacteria) in the laboratory to ensure high-quality production. **REQUIREMENTS:** Completed High School Education **WILLINGNESS TO RESIDE IN:** UBERABA **BENEFITS:** Health and Dental Insurance Meal Allowance Life Insurance Profit-Sharing Program Training and Capacity-Building Programs Growth Opportunities **None:** None