Mushroom Farm Worker, Leckford

Job description

Job Type

Agriculture

Region

South East England

Location

Leckford

Preferred Hours

Full Time

Partnership Level

10

Closing Date

9/8/2020

Vacancy Type

Permanent

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Salary

£8.72- £10.30

Salary Frequency

per hour

Hours of Work

30 hours per week
Start time 07:00 with flexibily required to complete the harvest

To be discussed at assessment

Duties & Responsibilities

About the Leckford Mushroom Farm

Leckford Estate has 16 growing rooms specifically created for mushroom crop production. We produce the finest quality Chestnut mushrooms from the Estate, including pre-packed products and loose products. Mushrooms are harvested at different times of maturity producing different product lines.

Our crop consists of five lines in total: Chestnut Cups, Portabellini, Portabella, South of England and 2kg loose Chestnut Cups. In order to achieve the finest mushrooms, each room maintains a 16-18-degree temperature. We have been producing mushrooms on the Estate since 1986 and typically harvest 25-26 tonnes of Chestnut mushrooms per week on The Waitrose Farm; each is carefully hand picked and packaged for protection.

What roles are available?

Mushroom Farm Operative
You enable the Harvesters to complete their role. You will be putting platforms out ready for the Harvesters ensuring boxes and punnets are in place and bins are readily available. Throughout the day they take out full boxes and punnets and returning with empties for the Harvesters to fill. Please see the attached job description for full details relating to this role.

Mushroom Farm Packer
Liaising with the team on what mushrooms are to be packed, you will collect the mushrooms from the fridge load them on to the production line whilst completing a quality check. If trained, you drive the forklift to load and unload lorries, ready for dispatching. This role would involve moving full pallets of mushrooms both packed and unpacked. Please see the attached job description for full details relating to this role.

Mushroom Farm Harvester
You are issued with a rack, trolley, scales and knife then make your way to the designated growing room and pick the harvest for that day. At the end of your working day have to ensure all your equipment is washed and put away. Please see the attached job description for full details relating to this role.

Job Requirements

About Leckford

Leckford is 4,000-acre estate near Stockbridge, Hampshire. The estate was purchased in 1929 by John Spedan Lewis, founder of the John Lewis Partnership, and we have been farming it now for nearly 90 years.

We are the Waitrose Farm and our produce is supplied to Waitrose stores across the country. The estate is diverse and our commercial businesses span property, food production, farming, retail and leisure activities.

We care passionately about British farming and the environment and we practice 'The Waitrose Way' of healthy living, fair treatment, treading lightly on the environment and championing British produce.

Take a look at our interactive video to learn more about the Leckford Estate.

Required essential experience skills and qualifications

What you'll have

- Evidence of basic English literacy skills.
- Working as part of a small team.
- Experience of manual work (lifting).
- Working in a farm or food processing environment.

Required desirable experience skills and qualifications

What else can you bring

- Basic food hygiene certificate
- Working unsupervised
- Safe Operation of Forklifts

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