Experienced Pruners - Gingin

Costa is Australia’s leading grower, packer and marketer of premium quality fresh fruit and vegetables.  We nurture our people, cultivate our growing sites, and invest in ongoing research and development.

All of the products we grow, and sell are fresh, nutritious, unprocessed, and grown on our very own farms or those of our partner growers

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and motivated people to join our operations team in Gingin. This role involves strenuous manual labouring tasks that are critical to our harvest.

What You Will Be Doing

• Pruning
• Planting
• General farm hand tasks which can involve, trellising, dripper removal, weeding, potting, roping, netting, and tunnelling.

 About you: 

To be successful in this role: 

• You have your own reliable transport
• You have accommodation (Costa does not provide accommodation and our farms do not facilitate camping on site).
• You are determined, productive and make the most of our incentive program 
• You are self-motivated with attention to detail 
• You are team spirited by working and communicating respectfully between cultures 
• You are passionate for working outdoors 
• You are a good judge of quality and have accountability for your actions 
• You are organised and able to meet deadlines
• You can undertake strenuous work activities for extended periods of time in adverse weather conditions – be able to lift up to 20kgs repetitively
• You are a strong team player
• You have excellent attention to detail
• You have effective problem-solving abilities
• You can communicate well and work within a team
• You are self-motivated

What we offer: 

• All Costa Berries sites are classed as regional for Working Holiday 2nd and 3rd year visas
• Farm work just an hour from Perth
• Paid weekly in line with the Costa Berries Enterprise Agreement
• Full training provided by friendly and encouraging supervisors, with ongoing support
• Access to clean toilets, drinking water and free on-site car parking 
• Costa harvest trail – ability to transfer and travel between sites as the season changes! 
• Free Access to an Employee Assistant Program 
• Make new friends, learn new skills, learn about new cultures. Costa is a diverse organisation - we have people from all walks of life
• Values based organisation – Costa has culture of CARE

Check out “Costa Well Grown” at https://vimeo.com/333655457

If you are interested in joining us, please submit your application. There will be a merit based recruitment process for all applications.

To submit your application, you will need the following:

A copy of your passport or Australian birth certificate with photo ID.

After you have submitted your application keep your eye on your emails - that is how we will contact you about the progress of your application. You will be assessed on your suitability for the role, and if you are successful, you will be issued documents for completion online prior to being invited to select a start date for work.