Horticultural General Operative

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Job Description and Skills Required

Overall Purpose of the Job

To work as part of a team, to deliver goals and objectives with a focus on the quality to minimize the risk of rework and rejections of product. To participate and contribute to continuous improvement activities within the organisation and its processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product is handled with great care to protect quality and minimise damage and waste.
• Responsible for the production and/or packing of a variety of products to the agreed standards of efficiency.
• Ensure that product meets our customer specification.
• Collaborate and support the team to ensure that product is being packed in the most efficient way.
• Ensure wet waste and class 2 are segregated correctly .
• Ensure that machinery is set up correctly.
• Operating farm machinery, including tractors and sprayers.
• Collaborate with the team to support smooth and efficient change overs.
• Check that finished products are closed/sealed correctly and that labels are in the correct position.
• Pay close attention to the quality of product. Escalate to the Team Leader if a problem is identified.
• Support the team as required.

Experience and qualifications required

• Must have valid licence and recent experience of tractor driving.
• Experience in horticulture farming, including crop spraying experience.
• Ability to work under pressure during busy periods.
• Flexibility to meet and support the demands of the business.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Dependable and punctual.
• Qualification in Horticulture would be an advantage.