Banana Farm Worker

Job Info

Location: JAPOONVALE, QLD

Salary: $60,001 - $80,000

Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position

Job Description

Banana Farm Worker

• Permanent Role
• $65-75K PA
• Japoonvale QLD

POSITION We have a full-time position for a Banana Farm Worker available in Japoonvale QLD 4856. SKILLS The role requires you to have at least 1-year relevant job experience. RESPONSIBILITIES Your role as a Banana Farm Worker is to perform routine tasks as directed to assist with in banana crop cultivation DUTIES The position will require you to perform the following duties:

• Meeting with farm supervisor and managers to receive assigned tasks.
• Collecting and preparing equipment for daily use.
• Completing any prestart machinery checklists.
• Cleaning, sterilising, and maintaining equipment and machinery.
• De suckering, de leafing and stringing bananas.
• Bell injecting banana bell before bell flowers emerge.
• Pruning banana bunch to the correct number of hands.
• Selecting appropriate coloured bags and sizes for use.
• Bagging banana bunch and ensuring secured correctly and covering bunch.
• Harvesting of banana bunches and loading onto transport.
• Sorting, grading and packing bananas.
• Operating machinery to perform slashing, mulching, and fertiliser duties.
• Maintenance and repair of irrigation lines and sprinklers.
• Reporting completed tasks to the farm supervisor.
• Additional duties may be required from time to time as required by the business.

SALARY The salary offered will be $65 000 to $75 000 per annum negotiated based on your experience. TO APPLY Applications in Word format should be submitted via our website: https://precruitment.com.au/job-seekers/