Crop Operative

Main purpose of job

To carry out the following tasks

1. Harvest

2. Selection

3. De-leafing

4. Twisting & Lowering

5. Clipping

6. End of season cleaning

7. Re-planting as per planting season cycl

Main duties

• Harvest either tomatoes or cucumbers from our glass houses depending on which you are assigned to.

• Crop selection as instructed by Team Leader or Block Manager.

• Remove leaf branches in order to promote a healthy crop.

• Twisting plant stems around twine to promote growth in young plants.

• Clip plants to support during growth when stems are too thick to twist

• Clear glasshouses of all crops at the end of the growing season and prepare for re-planting through a cleaning schedule organised by Operations Team.

• Prepare for new growing season by planting new crops.