Training and performance review, role by role
For each role that matters in agriculture and agribusiness: what a new joiner, an independent worker and a senior should be able to do, how to train them at each stage, and how to review them.
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Agri-input counter salesman
Serves farmers who walk into a seed, fertiliser and pesticide shop. Advises on products, prepares bills, handles credit entries and keeps shelves right. Works under the shop or branch manager and gets busiest just before each sowing season.
Training path and review →Village field sales executive
Visits villages, dealer points and farmer meetings to sell tractors, implements or farm inputs. Runs demonstrations, collects enquiries and follows up on finance and delivery. Reports to the branch manager and works largely alone on rural roads.
Training path and review →Tractor workshop mechanic
Services and repairs tractors and farm equipment in a dealer workshop. Diagnoses engine, hydraulic, clutch and electrical faults, fits spares and tests before delivery. Reports to the workshop supervisor or manager and often works through the sowing and harvest rush.
Training path and review →Milker and cattle handler
Milks cows and buffaloes, feeds and waters them, cleans the shed and reports sick or heat animals. Works on a dairy farm or for cooperative members, starts before dawn and reports to the herd supervisor or farm owner.
Training path and review →Poultry shed supervisor
Runs one or more poultry sheds day to day. Controls feed, water, temperature, vaccination support and bird health, counts mortality and leads shed attendants. Reports to the farm manager and technical adviser and works through each batch cycle.
Training path and review →Plantation field supervisor
Leads gangs of pluckers, tappers or pruning workers in a tea, coffee or rubber estate. Allocates sections, checks quality of work, records weights or tapping counts and handles worker welfare issues. Reports to the assistant manager and works outdoors in all weather.
Training path and review →Cold storage compressor operator
Runs and watches the refrigeration plant in a cold store for potatoes, fruit or dairy. Keeps chamber temperatures steady, logs readings, starts and stops compressors and reports faults. Works rotating shifts under the plant engineer or storage manager.
Training path and review →Milk collection centre tester
Weighs and tests milk brought by farmers to a cooperative collection centre. Checks fat and SNF, records quantity, issues receipts and keeps the centre clean. Reports to the centre secretary and deals daily with farmers whose payment depends on the test.
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