Farm Worker Greenmount Campus Antrim ASAP Start.

We are currently recruiting a Production Horticulture Farm Worker for our client based Greenmount Campus, Antrim. The successful candidates will be required to start once the vetting paperwork and ANI completed.

Start date: ASAP

Rate of pay: £13.69PH

Duration: 20/03/2027

Hours of work: 37

Key Responsibilities:

Duties within the Horticulture Centres, within Greenmount Campus, College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE / DAERA).
– Tasks associated with horticultural crop production and management practices such as propagation, potting, feeding, harvesting and preparing for sale.
– Tasks associated with the setting up, maintenance, operation and harvesting of multiple indoor hydroponic systems.
– Contribution to the conduction of horticultural crop trial assessments (scoring of plant growth and development) and report to their line manager with crop management practices as described above
– Supporting the line manager in the preparation for student’s practical work such as preparation of tools and plant materials

Essential Criteria applicants must have:

• A Level 2 (Diploma) or equivalent or higher qualification in Horticulture
• Experience of production horticulture
• GCSE/ Essential Skills in English and Maths

Desirable but not essential:

• A level 3 or equivalent or higher qualification in Horticulture
• Experience and knowledge of working with either Hardy Nursery Stock Production or hydroponic and vertical farming systems is an advantage.

A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining a position.

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Please send your CV via the link or email megan.mcbride@therecruitmentco.uk