Tomato Picking Packing Crop Work and Nursery Roles AU

 

Tomato Picking Packing Crop Work and Nursery Roles AU

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  1. Tomato Picking Packing Crop Work and Nursery Job
  2. Australia
  3. Full-Time

About Company

The largest producer, packer, and marketer of premium-quality fresh fruit and vegetables in Australia is Costa. From this position as the market leader, we work tremendously hard to continually enhancing the calibre of our output and the level of client service we provide. All of the main Australian grocery chains, as well as independent grocers and a variety of players in the food business, receive their products from us. Additionally, we export to Europe, North America, and Asia. We have developed solid connections with strategic partnership partners in order to provide our clients' year-round demands for fresh goods. The product line from these growers expands and supplements that from our own farms. Furthermore, we do much more than only raise outstanding fruits and vegetables. Fresh produce wholesale marketplaces are run by Costa Farms, and value-added supply chain and logistical services are offered by Costa Logistics. Tomato Picking Packing Crop Work and Nursery Roles AU

We understand what it means to be well grown, from the neighbourhood fruit and vegetable store in downtown Geelong to a worldwide company that effectively farms, packs, and markets.

In order for us to meet the challenges of our time and adjust to a new farming future, it is important to remember our roots and to uphold our beliefs.

It's about figuring out how to collaborate in climate change and making sure we continue to produce food that's fresh, reasonably priced, and nourishing.

We're on a quest to honour well-grown food while establishing new benchmarks for commercial farming that is sustainable.

It's all a part of distributing wholesome food on a scale large enough to feed Australia and other countries.

Job Responsibilities

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 large indoor packing facility which may be cooled to 12 degrees
      • Standing for 9.5 hours per shift, with breaks
      • Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
      • Shifts are mostly rostered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

      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
    • These are mostly “on call” casual positions, which may be worked any day of the week.

      • Job Requirement

      • Have access to reliable transport to and from the work site
      • Be 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

    • Apply now

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