Location
benoni, ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality, South-Africa
Posted
July 09, 2026
Job Description
Job Purpose
Bayer is seeking an enthusiastic Technical Trainee who wants to gain practical experience and participate in opportunities to learn from genuine professionals in the field of Plant Health. The Trainee will be part of a dynamic team that supports daily tasks within Plant Breeding, delivering maize germplasm phenotyping for market relevant biotic and abiotic stresses and the deployment of native traits. In addition, the Trainee will work on relevant projects.
Task and Responsibilities
- Support operations of greenhouse, summer, and winter phenotyping nurseries safely, efficiently, and to a high standard to generate high quality data for breeding selection decisions.
- Actively support Plant Pathology laboratory operations (disease diagnosis, pathogen inoculum production) and field operations (pathogen inoculation and rating).
- Collaborate with Seed Production team in seed production and inventory management.