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General farm worker
| Posting date: | 15 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 to £13.43 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | The majority of work on our farm is on a piecework basis, which means you are paid, usually by weight or number, for the crop you harvest or other task that you do – the more you pick or do the more you earn. This will give you the opportunity to earn more than the basic rate and you will be expected to achieve a reasonable work output. An overtime rate of £13.43/hour is payable over 48 hours per week. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 February 2025 |
| Location: | Cooling, Rochester |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | D G Long |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | DWP-2 |
Summary
PLEASE ONLY APPLY FOR THIS JOB IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE UK & HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK
Marshgate Farm is a mixed family-run farm, looking for seasonal workers to join our team for up to 6 months. We offer a good variety of outdoor farm work, including pear, apple and apricot harvest, as well as general farm husbandry such as thinning and weeding. The work is physically demanding and the hours can be long, so you need a good level of physical fitness and to be ready for hard work.
Some indoor work is also available at the packhouse and a few workers could be offered roles as tractor drivers. Because we're a mixed farm there is a good variety of jobs to be done, which helps to keep the work interesting and rewarding.
The farm usually works 5 or 6 days a week, approximately 7-8 hours per day, depending on crop, weather and customer demand. Work typically starts at 7.30am, sometimes earlier in hot weather.
Marshgate Farm is a mixed family-run farm, looking for seasonal workers to join our team for up to 6 months. We offer a good variety of outdoor farm work, including pear, apple and apricot harvest, as well as general farm husbandry such as thinning and weeding. The work is physically demanding and the hours can be long, so you need a good level of physical fitness and to be ready for hard work.
Some indoor work is also available at the packhouse and a few workers could be offered roles as tractor drivers. Because we're a mixed farm there is a good variety of jobs to be done, which helps to keep the work interesting and rewarding.
The farm usually works 5 or 6 days a week, approximately 7-8 hours per day, depending on crop, weather and customer demand. Work typically starts at 7.30am, sometimes earlier in hot weather.