Pest Control Advisor

About the role

With approximately 100,000 planted acres in California's San Joaquin Valley, Wonderful Orchards is the world's largest grower of almonds, pistachios and pomegranates. Wonderful Orchards is a part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $5 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world through its iconic consumer brands which include Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, POM Wonderful, FIJI Water, Teleflora, and JUSTIN Wine.

A PCA is responsible building and maintaining nutrient and crop protection programs for our crops. A PCA is also responsible for coordinating with the farming teams to implement and execute crop protection and nutrient programs. PCA works with three different types of crops: pistachios, almonds, and pomegranates.

Responsibilities

Functions include but are not limited to the following. Must be able to move freely between tasks depending on workload, season, etc.

• Monitor and analyze orchards for insects, weeds, nutrition deficiencies, and disease identification.
• Responsible for crop protection which consists of assisting various farming departments with written recommendations and schedules using software applications.
• Responsible for plant nutrition which consists of coordinating when and what type of nutrients and crop protection materials to apply on the orchards.
• Track and record the quantities of nutrients and crop protection materials applied to the orchards.
• Responsible for ordering materials and communicating with the Procurement department to ensure the appropriate quantities are ordered and delivered on time for future applications.
• Forecasting and budgeting for future crop year.
• Consistently monitor field conditions including but not limited to weed pressure, insect pressure, crop phenology, etc.
• Responsible for attending weekly ranch meetings to report PCA updates as needed, as well as remain informed with updates from other departments.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Needs the educational and/or experience requirements to obtain a PCA license. 1-year minimum working in an agricultural environment.