Janu visser
Barberton
Summary
Agricultural professional with broad experience in farm management, mechanic support, and crop operations. Uses field checks, research, and stock control to improve yields, manage costs, and support better irrigation and pest control decisions. Trusted to lead workers, maintain equipment, and recommend practical improvements that strengthen production.
Overview
5
5
Languages
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Farm manager
Jeddo stoetery / Kearsney Estate
Barberton mbombela
2022.01 - 2026.01
- General mechanic work on all agricultural machines as an apprentice
- Ensured workshop cleanliness to promote safety and efficiency.
- Taking stock and updating on weekly basis
- Undergoing training as apprentice and also ICE training for medical requirements
- Cleaning of equipment and maintaining them
- Improving layout of workshop and farm
- Adding additional services than just the regular requirements
- Managed daily administrative tasks efficiently.
- Collaborated with team members to meet monthly targets. (if possible)
- Ordering of herbicides, pesticides, fungicides and maintaining stock
- Quality inspection of fields
- Farming macadamias, sugarcane, butternuts, pumpkins, pecan-nuts and Lucerne
- Managed Lucerne sales while prioritising customer satisfaction and maintaining product quality.
- Enhanced sugarcane yields by trialling innovative farming methods.
- Doing self-studies and research on new varieties and innovative ways to increase potential yields
- Finding new herbicides that can be more effective at doing their jobs
- Trialling IPM on sugarcane to help suppress pests as a study on organic farming
- Finding ways to prevent old fields from yield losses
- Suggesting and trailing crop rotation and cover crops to increase soil potential
- Assisting the mechanic in the workshop
- Improving the workshop and products with newer and better items and tools
- Recommended improvements for pump station, irrigation, and overall farm management to owner.
- Managing labourers and operators
- Upgrading equipment to improve efficiency and durability
- Constant studies and research on efficient ways to farm and to save money on input costs towards the owner
- Price hunting for optimal prices in regards to anything needed on the farm and giving a full report to the owner
- Removing pumps, motors and realigning them (I am not an electrician)
- Monitored safety protocols on farm to ensure compliance and protect workers.
- Supported the owner with project planning and execution.
- Can assist in construction projects and I have a clear view on all the pros and cons of a project.
- Takes me time to process a new project but after processing, finding best and most efficient way to tackle the project
- Driven by passion and love of farming
Farm manager (not foreman)
LVT Peebles creek farm near Numbi gate
Whiterivier mbombela
2021.01 - 2022.01
- Oversaw daily operations to ensure efficient farm management
- Developed weekly plans for team activities
- Provided monthly updates to farm owner on operational progress and challenges
- Harvesting honey from bee-hives
- Maintenance on dams, fences, trees, alarm systems and security
- Constant safety patrols and fence inspections
- Training of staff members
- Pruning of orchard
- Managed weekly inventory checks to maintain optimal supply levels
- Undergoing training as Macadamia farmer and also ICE training for medical requirements
- Conducted thorough cleaning of equipment to ensure functionality
- Improving layout of the farm
- Adding additional features more than just the regular requirements
- Managed daily administrative tasks efficiently.
- Worked with team members to ensure monthly targets were met.
Nursery manager
Plant forum
Pretoria
2020.01 - 2021.01
- Directed overall organisational strategies and objectives
- Inspecting of products on a daily basis
- Managing insecticide requirement
- Assisting when loading products as safety officer and quality control
- Cleaning of nursery and tunnels
- Taking stock and updating on weekly basis
- Undergoing training as vegetable nursery manager and also ICE training for medical requirements
- Cleaning of equipment and maintaining them
- Improving layout of nursery
- Adding additional services, more than just the regular requirements
- Assisted customers with inquiries, improving satisfaction rating
- Managed daily administrative tasks efficiently.
- Partnered with team members to ensure monthly goals were met.
- Dealing with difficult clients and maintaining structure in business department with clients and sales team
Farm manager (not foreman)
Jeddo stoetery / Kearsney estate
Barberton mbombela
2019.01 - 2020.01
- General mechanic work on all agricultural machines as an apprentice
- Cleaning workshop
- Taking stock and updating on weekly basis
- Yearly planning and budgeting
- Weekly planning and layout of employees
- Ordering fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide and fungicides
- Inspecting fields on a monthly basis
- Improving practicalities on the farm to make it easier to operate
- Updating owner of any faults or queries we have on the farm
- Cleaning of equipment and maintaining them
- Selling of products
- Hunting for best prices for farm equipment and products
- Constant irrigation updates and maintance
- Improving layout of workshop
- Adding additional services, more than just the regular requirements
- Assisted customers with inquiries, improving satisfaction rating
- Managed daily administrative tasks efficiently.
- Collaborated with team members to meet monthly targets (if possible)
mechanic
LVT Rocky's drift
Whiterivier mbombela
2018.01 - 2019.01
- General mechanic work on all agricultural machines as an apprentice
- Cleaning workshop
- Taking stock and updating on weekly basis
- Undergoing training as apprentice and also ICE training for medical requirements
- Cleaning of equipment and maintaining them
- Improving layout of workshop
- Adding additional services than just the regular requirements
- Assisted customers with inquiries, improving satisfaction rating
- Managed daily administrative tasks efficiently.
- Collaborated with team members to meet monthly targets.
Education
National Senior Certificate -
Sol-tech Career College
Pretoria2016-01
Skills
- Communication skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service excellence
- Problem solving and analysis
- Mechanical aptitude
- Workshop management
- Technical communication
- Client relationship management
- Equipment maintenance
- Safety inspection and awareness
- Parts ordering and stock control
- Negotiation skills
- Irrigation and fertilizer management
- Automotive repair and maintenance
- Can manage irrigation and fertilizer systems
- Education driven and passionate about staff-members
- Focused on improvements
- Excellent management skills
- Has a valid driving licence code B
- Has a skipper's licence for dams and lakes
- Any handyman skills required I have them
- Negotiating prices with businesses
- Equipment maintenance
- Brake systems
- Tools handling
- Stock control
- Parts ordering
- Safety inspection
- Workshop management
- Customer service
- Technical communication
- Risk assessment
- Problem solving
- Team coordination
- Client relationship management
- Tools and equipment handling
- Brake systems knowledge
- Repairing vehicles
- Customer communication
- Engine maintenance
- Vehicle inspections
- Battery replacement
- Safety awareness
- Automotive repair
- Part replacements
- Workshop collaboration
- Mechanical aptitude
- Parts oiling and greasing
- Reliable decision making
- Coolant system maintenance
- Brake servicing
- Resourceful thinking
- Technical adaptability
Certification
Certification Name: Red seal Diesel mechanic, Year: 2018
Languages
English – Intermediate
Intermediate
B1
SiSwati – Intermediate
Beginner
A1
Fanagolo – Intermediate
Beginner
A1
Afrikaans – Well-spoken
Intermediate
B1
Willing to learn more if needed as I am driven by learning new things
Beginner
A1
Timeline
Farm manager
Jeddo stoetery / Kearsney Estate
2022.01 - 2026.01
Farm manager (not foreman)
LVT Peebles creek farm near Numbi gate
2021.01 - 2022.01
Nursery manager
Plant forum
2020.01 - 2021.01
Farm manager (not foreman)
Jeddo stoetery / Kearsney estate
2019.01 - 2020.01
mechanic
LVT Rocky's drift
2018.01 - 2019.01
National Senior Certificate -
Sol-tech Career College