Job title: Seasonal Farm Operative
Location: Vitacress Watercress Farms - Dorset
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Shift pattern: 5 Days a week – Days dependent on Farm requirements
Hours: 40 Hours
Contract type: Seasonal
Want to get a foot in the door of the farming world? Join us as a seasonal Farm Operative and step into a role that grows with you!
Vitacress Salads are now recruiting for a Farm Operative for our 2025 season covering our farms in Dorset. In this role, you will be reporting to the Farm Manager, assisting in the growing, harvesting, and maintenance operations whilst following company guidelines.
Your Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities Will Include:
1. Performing general farm duties as instructed by your manager, these may include bed cleaning & levelling, planting, fertiliser application, rolling, harvesting, chipping and general farm husbandry.
2. Completing any paperwork that is required in the day-to-day needs of the farm, eg check sheets etc.
3. Assisting in implementing any new production methods which aim to improve the efficiency of the farm.
4. Ensuring all assets are maintained and utilised efficiently and maintain the production areas, buildings and environs in a serviceable, tidy and weed-free state.
5. Always observing company Health & Safety and Environment Policy requirements.
6. When required, to help with the production on other UK sites.
7. Ensuring that the quality of water entering and discharging from the growing beds meets the agreed criteria and ensure compliance with EA discharge consents through the effective utilisation and maintenance of settlement facilities.
8. Work as a team member and instil a positive approach in the workplace.
You would need to be able to make your own way to us and we would require a full driving license for this role. Any previous crop husbandry or growing experience would be extremely beneficial to ensure your success within the role.
You will be working on the farm 40 hours per week across 5 days, and you will also be entitled to an attractive pay rate based on your experience, with opportunities to grow your working skill set with further training and qualifications.
If you have a strong desire to join our friendly team and enjoy working outside, then this is the perfect opportunity for you. You can apply easily, either click the apply now button here or contact our recruitment team at TA@Vitacress.com. We will be happy to answer any questions, so get in touch.
Vitacress Salads, based in leafy St Mary Bourne, Andover is one of the principal salad and watercress suppliers in the UK. With our own salad leaf farms, we take immense pride in delivering a field to fork operation. We grow, wash, pack and distribute salad and watercress for retailer own brands and our own brand Steve’s Leaves. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standard and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the salads that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing our talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.
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