General Farm Worker – Harvesting
Truly Green Farms · Chatham
Job description
About the role
Join Truly Green Farms as a General Farm Worker focused on harvesting. You will work on a mixed fruit and vegetable farm, handling produce from field to market while ensuring quality and safety standards are met.
Key responsibilities
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable and non‑marketable lots.
- Grade vegetables and fruits by size, shape, colour and volume to achieve premium pricing.
- Hand‑harvest, clean greenhouses and pack fruits and vegetables.
- Plant, cultivate, irrigate crops and manually remove suckers and water sprouts.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Examine product quality and readiness for market.
Required profile
- Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced, physically demanding environment.
- Capacity to handle heavy loads up to 23 kg and perform repetitive tasks under tight deadlines.
- Good manual dexterity, hand‑eye coordination and colour discrimination.
- Willingness to stand, bend, crouch, kneel and walk for extended periods.
Required skills
- Operate farm machinery and perform routine maintenance.
- Detect crop diseases and health issues in livestock and poultry.
What we offer
- Free on‑site parking.
- Paid learning and training provided by the employer.
- On‑site amenities and optional housing.
- Team‑building opportunities and transportation support.
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Truly Green Farms
Chatham