Skilled Horticultural Worker

5 hours ago

Waterloo Corner SA, Australia SA Mushrooms Full time $25,000 - $36,000 per year

The Skilled Horticultural Worker is responsible for the cultivation, maintenance, and harvesting of crops within a horticultural environment. The role involves monitoring growing mediums, identifying nutrient deficiencies, and assisting with the development of planting, harvesting, and crop processing methods. The worker ensures that safety standards are adhered to when handling chemicals and machinery, supervises farm hands, and performs quality checks to maintain high standards of food safety and product quality.

Your other responsibilities will include:

  • Examine growing mediums and identify nutrient deficiencies.
  • Assist in developing and improving planting, harvesting, and crop processing methods.
  • Safely mix and measure chemicals, ensuring the use of appropriate PPE and adherence to safety guidelines.
  • Coordinate and assist with harvesting plans.
  • Supervise farm hands and assign tasks related to crop maintenance and room sanitation.
  • Perform food safety and quality checks throughout the growing and harvesting process.
  • Conduct equipment and forklift safety checks and communicate with maintenance teams for repairs.
  • Ensure compliance with health and safety standards in all aspects of the operation.

Established in 1998, SA Mushrooms is a proudly family owned, and operated mushroom grower based in Northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia. Of Italian immigrant background, SA Mushrooms proprietors and farmers, the Femia family have utilised the very same family and cultural values of hard work, honesty, and pride in their work, to deliver the best possible and freshest mushroom products to our customers.

If you have intermediate English skills, are physically fit, available to work afternoon shift and have your own transport, then this may be the job for you.

Applicants must currently reside and have work rights in Australia without restrictions to work hours.

To apply please go to our website and complete and submit an application form and your resume to our Recruitment Team.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 – $30.00 per hour

Education:

  • Diploma (Required)

Licence/Certification:

  • HR Australian Drivers Licence (Required)
  • High Risk Forklift Licence (Required)

Work Authorisation:

  • Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person

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