Horticulture Grower

**Horticulture Grower**
**Location**: Penfield Gardens SA 5121
**Tenure**: Full-time, Permanent
**Comprehensive salary package** from **$68,865** pa (plus superannuation)

**Required Skills and Qualifications**
- At least relevant AQF Cert III or Cert IV qualifications or equivalent OR
- Three (3) years employment experience as a Horticulture Grower with relevant formal training OR
- Five (5) years employment experience as a Horticulture Grower with no formal training.

**Required Experience**:

- At least two (2) years of relevant work experience.

**Position Summary**:
**On behalf of our client, Dojo Legal Australia**is looking for skilled and experienced **Horticulture Growers**who are responsible for overseeing planting, cultivation, harvesting, and processing to ensure high-quality produce and efficient farm operations.

This is a full-time position which may involve weekend or public holidays work and some unplanned hours of work where the need arises (paid accordingly).

**Duties and responsibilities**:

- Planning and coordinating the production and marketing of crops, such as fruit and nuts, vegetables, turf and flowers, from soil preparation to harvest taking into account environmental and market factors.
- Selecting and planting seeds, seedlings and bulbs, and grafting new varieties to root stocks.
- Maintaining crop production by cultivating, de-budding and pruning, and maintaining optimal growing conditions.
- Organising and conducting farming operations, such as collecting, storing, grading and packaging produce, and organising the sale, purchase and dispatch of produce.
- Directing and overseeing general farming activities such as fertilising and pest and weed control.
- Maintaining farm buildings, fences, equipment and water supply systems.
- Maintaining and evaluating records of farming activities, monitoring market activity, and planning crop preparation and production to meet contract requirements and market demand.
- Managing business capital including budgeting, taxation, debt and loan management.
- May select, train and supervise staff and contractors.
- Develop climate risk management strategies.
- Manage work health and safety processes.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $68,865.00 per year

Application Question(s):

- Are you an Australian citizen or Permanent resident ?

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application Deadline: 04/07/2025