Employment Information
Apply now to join our valued team!
• Our recruiting months are August/September. Apply online from 1st August
• Our harvest season is split up into 3 parts; pre-harvest season (15 Sept-10 Nov), cherry harvest season (10 Nov - 5 Jan), post-harvest season (15 Jan - 30 March), all dates can vary depending on the weather.
• Our Cherry Harvest Season is in the months of November, December and early January.
There are 6 different employment position types available, a brief description of each position is included below.
Cherry Picking Harvest Employee
Cherry picking is strenuous and physically challenging, it requires a good level of health and fitness. It involves a small amount of ladder work and carrying picking buckets with fruit that can weigh up to 7-8kg, but feel like 20kg by the end of the day! The most successful cherry pickers are consistent, motivated, meticulous and hard-working. They can achieve anything from 20 to 65 lugs per day.
Packing Shed Harvest Employee
Cherry packing involves visually assessing the quality of cherries passing over conveyor belts by separating the blemished cherries from the high-quality cherries. Employee duties may also include making, bagging, putting lids on or stacking boxes. Cherry packing is less physically demanding than picking, however requires good concentration and standing for long periods of time.
Gator and Outdoor Employee
Gator and Orchard Harvest Employees operate machinery across the farm and are responsible for various duties; including recording and collecting fruit from the orchard. This position requires people to be mature, responsible and have good communication skills.
Tree Pruning Employee
Tree Pruning Employees are responsible for the effective pruning of our cherry trees utilising electric, manual or pneumatic safety pruning equipment. Holding a chainsaw licence is preferred for this position but not required.
Forklift Driver Employee
Forklift Drivers operate machinery at the packing shed. This position requires people to have previous warehouse experience in a busy environment and be competent in operating machinery with an appropriate licence.
MR (Medium Rigid) Driver Employee
MR (Medium Rigid) truck drivers transport cherries over short distances from another orchard to the packing shed. This position requires people to have previous experience and the appropriate licence.
Our Facilities
Packing Shed Facilities
- freshwater & Bore water tanks
- septic tank
- 4x 3m garbage skip bins
- 4x 3m recycling skip bins
- 120L wheelie bins
- Instantaneous hot water for showers & hot taps
- Gas Bottle hot water for showers & hot taps
- 6x Sanitiser stations throughout packing facility
- Purtec Purifying water system for drinking water to kitchens in Packing Shed.
Bathrooms x2
- 4x S/S hand basins
- 7x flushable toilets to septic tank
- 1x flushable Urinal to septic tank
- 2x showers
Laundry
- 2x washing machines
- 2x S/S sink
Kitchen 1
- 2x double S/S kitchen sinks
- 6x microwaves
- 2x fridges
- 3L wall mounted instant boil unit
- Lockers for Employees
Kitchen 2
- 1x double S/S kitchen sink
- 2x microwaves
- 2x fridges
- 3L wall mounted instant boil unit
- pigeon holes for Employees
On-Farm Accommodation / Campsite Facilities
- 2x Tanks filled every 2nd day with town water (40,000L total)
- 1x septic tank
- 2x Hi Flo pressure pumps
- 6x Gas bottles (gas delivered weekly) for hot water for showers & hot taps
- 2x Instantaneous hot water systems for showers & hot taps
- 2x 3m garbage skip bins (collected weekly)
- 6x 120L wheelie bins
- 12x Power outlet boxes (6-10pp)
- Purtec filtered system for drinking water (to fill drink bottles to take 4L of water to work everyday as per employee handbook guidelines)
Brick Amenities @ Campsite
Kitchen
- 3L wall mounted instant boil unit
- 2x S/S sinks
- 1x kitchen table/ work bench
- 2x microwaves
- 14x fridges
Laundry
- 2x Coin operated washing machines
- S/S Sink
Bathrooms x2
- 6x S/S hand basins
- 7x flushable toilets to septic tank
- 1x 2 stand Urinal flushable to septic tank
- 10x Showers
Field Toilet Facilities
- 1x Transportable Trailer Toilet with flush system to connect to septic. (Includes: wash basin, soap, paper towel, sanitiser).
- 2x field toilets for furthest orchards from packing shed. (both have flowing water for hand washing, soap, sanitiser & paper towel station).
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