Ivan Brandt

Company Description: One of New Zealand's biggest greenhouse tomato and cucumber producers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Crop maintenance
• General crop work (picking, cutting laterals, pruning)
• Raised platform crop work (twisting, truss pruning, dropping/spacing)
• Crop pull out
• Re-planting (supplying plants, cutting slabs, tying/cutting plants, bobbin placements.
• Packing cucumbers
• General maintenance on packing lines.

Company Description: Family-run farming business, production of fresh vegetables (20 hectares of open surface area, irrigation systems). 

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitoring & production of watermelons, melons and capsicum.

• Planting, fertilizing and harvesting

• Controlling crops and soil mosture

• Monitoring the irrigation and repair system

• Workforce planning

• Organizing daily tasks

• Operating different machinery & tractor

Company Description: Top Eastern European company for hydroponic plant production and consulting services in agriculture. Official sales representative of fertilisers (Haifa, Vitalis, Fomet), seeds (Takii, Enza Zaden), irrigation systems (Rivulis), protection of plants (Lutrasil, Koppert) and agricultural machinery (John Deere).

Duties & Responsibilities

• Growing tomatos, capsicum, salad and cucumber
• Participation in the planning of planting, harvesting and fertilisation as required
• Insect pest control and solving problems with predators
• Working on seeding machines
• Growing broom plants
• Pruning tomatoes
• Leadership of small groups
• Packing and preparation for transport

Company Description: Very popular and professional looking modern coffee bar with various drinks and food options as well as entertainment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Serving and dealing with customers
• Management of stock orders and stock control
• Management of staff and weekly rosters
• Organisation and coordination of special events and functions, assisting staff members with day to day operations

Theoretical study: Agricultural economics, plant production management, plant fertilization, plant protection, vegetable production in closed controlled-environment, integrated protection of field vegetables and grain crops, agro-ecology, agro-climatology, agricultural mechanization, soil science and agricultural organization.

Practical Work Experience: Gained in laboratories and open fields and greenhouses: over 1000 hours of work experience gained.

Achievement: President among 620 students between 2013- 2015, where I participated in improving the quality of student life, organizing outdoor curriculum activities. I have also participated in law making and change in legislation in regards to better manage new students and further developments in Croatia.

• Basic and advanced secondary education courses in agriculture
• Basic and advanced secondary education courses in hospitality and tourism