Job Description:

Pest, Disease & Nutrient Management: 
• Apply fertilizers, pesticides, and approved disease- and pest-control treatments following established crop management recommendations and approved research protocols.
• Calibrate and operate pesticide sprayers and fertilizer application equipment safely and accurately.
• Ensure proper application type, rate, timing, placement, and product handling as specified.
• Follow all applicable EPA, FDACS, OSHA, and UF/IFAS Environmental Health & Safety requirements related to chemical handling, application, storage, and disposal.

Equipment Operation & Maintenance:
• Operate farm machinery and equipment, including tractors, plows, harrows, rotavators, bed shapers, mulch layers, seed drills, planters, cultivators, fertilizer applicators, sprayers, mowers, plastic lifters, and related implements, following safety requirements and operating procedures.
• Operate support...