Fruit Pickers Near Me in NSW

Job Position: Fruit Pickers Near Me in NSW

Location: NSW, Australia

Employment type: Temporary position

Salary: Negotiable.

Fruit Pickers Near Me in NSW Guyra:

Our tomatoes are grown year round in one of Australia’s largest and most advanced glasshouse facilities, at two locations near Guyra, NSW.

Our state-of-the-art glasshouse technology puts Costa Tomatoes at the forefront of innovation in ecologically sustainable practices and sets us apart in the fruit and vegetable industry.

About the roles:

We are looking for enthusiastic people who are interested in working in a variety of roles available in our glasshouse operations located in the heart of the beautiful NSW Northern Tablelands.

These entry level positions are a great starting point for a variety of opportunities in our team. Learn the basics before progressing to team leader or supervisory positions, or branching out into other departments or specialist functions such as maintenance, plant health, quality control, despatch, agronomy, supply, and administration.   

There are multiple roles available:

Crop Work

These roles involve: 

• Caring for our tomato plants (leafing, pollinating, twisting, lowering)
• Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
• Standing or walking for 8 hours per shift, with breaks
• Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
• Working at heights (depending on task) 
• Shifts are mostly rostered Monday to Friday

Picking

These roles involve: 

• Picking our tomatoes
• Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
• Standing or walking for 9.5 hours per shift, with breaks
• Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
• Working at heights (occasionally)
• Shifts are mostly rostered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Packing

These roles involve: 

• Packing our tomatoes
• working in a big, indoor, 12-degree-cooled packaging facility
• Standing for 9.5 hours per shift, with breaks
• Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck

Nursery Hand

These roles involve: 

• Planting seeds and grafting tomato plants
• Caring for our young tomato plants (crop work)
• Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
• Some tasks require standing or walking for 8 hours per shift, with breaks
• Some shifts may require repeatedly lifting from floor level on to trolleys
• Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck

Other Roles

Please also complete this application form to express interest in other departments onsite including:

• Maintenance / Trade
• Quality Control / Quality Assurance
• Administration
• Cleaning
• Agronomy/Technical role
• Forklift / Machine Operator

Hours of Work

The majority of glasshouse and packing house positions have a roster of 38 hours per week with acceptable overtime as needed.

On-call casual positions are also available.

Each department and position has its own set of working hours, We are listing shifts Monday through Friday.

Pay Rate

Current commencement pay rate for Crop, Pick, Pack, and Nursery roles: $27.08 per hour (Casual Level

About you

Successful candidates must:

• Have access to reliable transport to and from the work site
• physically fit with the ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time
• Be able to work in a warm and humid environment (crop and picking roles)
• Have an understanding of basic English (written and spoken)
• Work cooperatively and respectfully in a multicultural workforce
• Have a strong focus and commitment to Occupational Health and Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Personal Hygiene
• Have valid work entitlements for Australia

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Fruit Pickers Near Me in NSW Londonderry:

MADEC Australia is looking for 150 fruit pickers in NSW, Work is due to start in June 2023 with various intakes through to Mid December 2023 – assignments can be 3 – 9 months long. Usually, work will start at 7 am and finish around 2.30 pm. However, this may change from time to time. Weekend availability is also a requirement of the positions.

Depending on the tasks, the pay may be either hourly or piece rates. Payment is under the Horticultural Award 2020( MA000028), classification Level 1 casual Employee.

Please note that random drug & alcohol testing may be conducted.

Candidates must address the selection criteria, and your CV must justify any claims made against the selection criterion. Applications that don’t follow these rules won’t be taken into account.

Selection Criteria:

• Attention to detail
• Good hand-eye coordination
• Ability to follow detailed instructions
• Ability to work continuously at a high level of concentration
• physically fit, agile, and able to stand for long periods of time
• Applications from outside the area must be able to show a commitment to moving to the location for the duration of employment

Harvesting/picking of the fruit is done by hand, carefully placing it in harvest bags and then placing the fruit in containers. Ladders are needed to climb trees, one tree in a row. Applicants must be in good health. The work involves a lot of bending, lifting weights, climbing ladders, twisting, and gently turning the fruit on the tree. You need to bring your own transportation.

To apply, please email applications with covering letter addressing the selection criteria to seasonaljobs@madec.edu.au Opens in a new window or tab with ‘harvest workers -Londonderry – 2314753120″ in the subject line. We won’t evaluate applications that don’t include “harvest workers – Londonderry – 2314753120.” Applications are due on April 6, 2023.