Job Responsibility:
• Cultivating, packaging and selling crops
Duties:
• Planning and coordinating the production and marketing of crops, such as fruit from soil preparation to harvest taking into account environmental and market factors
• Selecting and planting seeds, seedlings and bulbs, and grafting new varieties to root stocks
• Maintaining crop production by cultivating, de-budding and pruning, and maintaining optimal growing conditions
• Organising and conducting farming operations, such as collecting, storing, grading and packaging produce, and organising the sale, purchase and despatch of produce
• Directing and overseeing general farming activities such as fertilising and pest and weed control
• Maintaining farm buildings, fences, equipment and water supply systems
• Maintaining and evaluating records of farming activities, monitoring market activity, and planning crop preparation and production to meet contract requirements and market demand
• Managing business capital including budgeting, taxation, debt and loan management
• May select, train and supervise staff and contractors
• Develop climate risk management strategies
• Manage work health and safety processes
Qualification:
• AQF Bachelor or Higher
• 3 -5 years of experience in related field
• Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident Preferred
• If overseas applicant, Skill Assessment is compulsory
Salary:
• $68,000 - $85,000 + Superannuation
• Cultivating, packaging and selling crops
Duties:
• Planning and coordinating the production and marketing of crops, such as fruit from soil preparation to harvest taking into account environmental and market factors
• Selecting and planting seeds, seedlings and bulbs, and grafting new varieties to root stocks
• Maintaining crop production by cultivating, de-budding and pruning, and maintaining optimal growing conditions
• Organising and conducting farming operations, such as collecting, storing, grading and packaging produce, and organising the sale, purchase and despatch of produce
• Directing and overseeing general farming activities such as fertilising and pest and weed control
• Maintaining farm buildings, fences, equipment and water supply systems
• Maintaining and evaluating records of farming activities, monitoring market activity, and planning crop preparation and production to meet contract requirements and market demand
• Managing business capital including budgeting, taxation, debt and loan management
• May select, train and supervise staff and contractors
• Develop climate risk management strategies
• Manage work health and safety processes
Qualification:
• AQF Bachelor or Higher
• 3 -5 years of experience in related field
• Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident Preferred
• If overseas applicant, Skill Assessment is compulsory
Salary:
• $68,000 - $85,000 + Superannuation
