Avocado Orchard Worker - Hydralada Operations
Do you enjoy working outdoors in an environment where no two days are the same? Apply Now!
We are looking for Orchard Workers with Hydralada experience to undertake our Avocado orchard practices through this avocado season on a fixed term contract running from 26th October to 12th February 2027. 30 hours per week.
Key responsibilities include:
- Hydralada operation for Avocado picking and pruning.
- Working at elevated heights
- All care must be taken to ensure fruit picked is not bruised or physically damaged. Careful emptying of pick bags into bins that is stored outside direct sun light.
- Undertaking all types of pruning, whether stumped, hedge method or third /third /third pruning. Maintain height control with all trees along with branch termination –
- Summer pruning programme - Prune canopy to retain light. Removal of flower to reduce bi annual bearing to ensure adequate vegetative growth for next seasons fruiting cane.
- Structural Maintenance – repairs, maintenance & chain saw work if required
- Specific orchard practices include pruning, injecting, ground fertilisation, planting and orchard development.
- Health & Safety – comply with site specific requirements and orchard hygiene standards at all times
To be successful in your role, you will have the following attributes:
- Hydralada experience is required
- Confident working at heights
- Strong verbal and interpersonal skills: Able to communicate clearly and effectively and at the appropriate level with various types of people
- Industry Knowledge: Experience working within avocados, kiwifruit, horticulture or primary industry
- Self-motivated/Self-managed/Self-starter:Has an underlying concern for doing things better. Is self-driven, self-motivated and enthusiastic.
- Flexible/Adaptive/Resilient: Able to shift strategies and accept other viewpoints. Able to adjust to unexpected change.
- Team player: Able to work effectively with others to achieve an optimal outcome.
- Energy and enthusiasm: Excited, positive and motivated to be involved and get started.
- Organised/time management/prioritisation: Able to take an organised approach to all tasks in order to prioritise them according to the demands of the business
If this sounds like you, send in your CV and apply today.
