Experience

JP Tropical Foods Limited

• Jamaica
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Manager

  • May 2016 - Present



Fred M. Jones Estates Limited

• St. Thomas, Jamaica

• Unit Manager

  • Jun 2013 - May 2016



Sugar Industry Research Institute

• Agronomist

  • Jan 2005 - Mar 2013

  • Give farmers technical advice on sugar cane cultivation • Monitor sugar cane loan programme • Conduct weed control trials and make recommendations based on results • Conduct fertilizer trials • Monitor disease and insect pest infestation • Set up nurseries for the distribution of new varieties • Monitor harvesting practices to obtain highest cane • Give farmers technical advice on sugar cane cultivation • Monitor sugar cane loan programme • Conduct weed control trials and make recommendations based on results • Conduct fertilizer trials • Monitor disease and insect pest infestation • Set up nurseries for the distribution of new varieties • Monitor harvesting practices to obtain highest cane



Jamaica Standard Products Limited

• Field Supervisor

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2004

  • Supervised in excess of a hundred casual workers who undertake activities such as harvesting coffee berries, slashing of weeds, spraying coffee and weeds, lining out of new areas to plant coffee, fertilizer application, and manure application. • Supervised all agronomic activities on approximately fifty hectares of fully established coffee plants. • Allocate work to casual workers. • Prepare time sheets so that workers can be paid. • Transport workers from work on a daily basis. • Supervised in excess of a hundred casual workers who undertake activities such as harvesting coffee berries, slashing of weeds, spraying coffee and weeds, lining out of new areas to plant coffee, fertilizer application, and manure application. • Supervised all agronomic activities on approximately fifty hectares of fully established coffee plants. • Allocate work to casual workers. • Prepare time sheets so that workers can be paid. • Transport workers from work on a daily basis.



Stepney Primary & Junior High School

• Teacher

  • Sep 1999 - Aug 2001

  • Taught grades seven to nine students Integrated Science, Agriculture, Drama and Physical Education. • Instrumental in the day-to-day operation of a poultry unit at the school. • Organize school sports • Taught grades seven to nine students Integrated Science, Agriculture, Drama and Physical Education. • Instrumental in the day-to-day operation of a poultry unit at the school. • Organize school sports