Vegetable Farm Worker – Full‑time Permanent

About the role

Join Exeter Produce & Storage Company as a vegetable farm worker on a permanent, full‑time basis. You will work outdoors in all weather conditions, handling a variety of vegetable crops such as bell peppers and cabbage.

Key responsibilities

• Hoe between rows and perform regular weeding.
• Clear fields of wood, stones and other debris.
• Hand‑harvest vegetables and pack them for market.
• Sort, grade and divide produce into marketable and non‑marketable lots.
• Plant, cultivate, irrigate and fertilize crops.
• Operate and maintain farm machinery including tractors, fertilizer applicators and sprayers.
• Load, unload and transfer crates, supplies and farm produce.
• Tie and secure plants, clean work areas and maintain hygiene.
• Handle heavy loads up to 45 kg and stand for extended periods.

Required profile

• Ability to work independently and follow repetitive tasks.
• Physically demanding work with frequent bending, crouching and kneeling.
• Good hand‑eye coordination and ability to distinguish colours for grading.
• Reliability, flexibility and a team‑player attitude.
• Capacity to handle heavy loads (up to 23 kg regularly, up to 45 kg occasionally).

Required skills

• Experience operating a tractor.
• Use of fertilizer applicators.
• Operation of sprayers or dusters.

What we offer

• Free parking on site.
• Support for newcomers and refugees.
• Hiring policies that discourage age, visible‑minority and other discrimination.