Dane Herrington

Eco-horticulturist
Cape Town, ZA

About

Nursery operations – propagating, supervision, production management Permaculture Landscaping – designing, practice, selecting plants and planting Herbaria - Plant collecting, cataloguing, taxonomy Alien Invasive Plants – environment, identification Records management and cataloguing for information retrieval Stores and stores administration

Work Experience

Trainee Horticulturist

Selwyn Miller Nurseries
1991 - 1992
Halfway House, South Africa

Trainee Horticulturist

Ferndale Ridge Nursery
1992 - 1993
Randburg, South Africa

Horticulturist

Department of Health
1993 - 2000
Hillbrow / Edenvale, South Africa

General Assistant

Integrated Library & Information Systems
2000 - 2006
Kensington, Johannesburg, South Africa

Horticulturist / Sales Consultant

Superplants
2008 - 2009
Parklands, Table View, Cape Town, South Africa

Chief Agricultural Technician

SANBI
2009 - 2011
Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa

PRECIS application, horticultural practice, ground-staff management, nursery operations, agricultural technical practice, conservation of fauna and flora

Storekeeper

Basix Technologies
2012 - 2013
Thornton, Cape Town, South Africa

Storekeeping, orders and distribution of materials, warehouse operations, stock control, supervision of stores, office administration

Site Supervisor/Manager

Four Seasons Gardens Corporate
2015 - 2015
Honeydew, Johannesburg North, South Africa

Office administration, stock control and stock-taking, ground-staff supervision, waste management, grounds maintenance

Horticulturist/Landscaper

VBR Construction and Landscaping
2016 - 2017
Cape Town, South Africa

Horticultural plant and landscaping assistance, staff supervision, consulting, eco-horticultural services

Horticulturist

Palm and Plant City
2017 - 2017
Brits, South Africa

Staff supervision during operations, plant rescue practices and field operations, nursery operations and plant maintenance, ecological practice

Education

Primary and Secondary Education

Marist Brothers College
1966 - 1974

High School

Queens College Boys High School
1975 - 1978

NDPRM

Technikon SA
Present - 1996

Modules: Horticulture I II III, Parks Management I II III, Landscape Planning I II, Recreation I II III, Ecology, Town Planning, Soil & Pest Control, others

BTech Horticulture

Technikon SA
Present - 2002

Modules: Horticulture IV, Horticultural Production Management, Research Methodology

BA General Degree

UNISA
Present - 2013

Modules: Geography I II III, Archival Science I II III, Botany I II III. Degree not completed with 9 modules remaining

SAGIC Certificate

SAGIC
Present - 2015

Alien plants (332) and animals

Languages

English - Native
English - Intermediate

Skills

Medical
Research & Development

Sectors

Science & Technology