MUSHROOM PICKER
Job No:
MUS114
Location:
Waterloo Corner
SA Mushrooms are growing our picking team. If you are keen to learn, are steady-handed with a delicate touch, and have your own transport then this could be the job for you!
We grow our mushrooms indoors in climate-controlled growing rooms, allowing us to pick mushrooms 365 days a year. This means our employees have secure and reliable work all year round as we don’t have picking ‘seasons’ like many other produce farms.
About your role
Pickers are an integral part of SA Mushrooms. If you join the team, your day-to-day role will include picking and packing mushrooms indoors in our modern climate-controlled facility. When you first start, you will receive 4 weeks of intensive training with our dedicated Mushroom Picking Trainers, giving you every opportunity to succeed in your role.
To be successful, you need to have at least intermediate English skills, be available to work during the day . All pickers are based at our farm in Waterloo Corner in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide.
Please note that applicants must currently live and have work rights in Australia without restrictions on work hours.
Employees of SA Mushrooms enjoy many benefits. If successful, you will:
- Earn a competitive salary
- Receive comprehensive and practical on-the-job training
- Access complimentary on-site car parking
- Work in state-of-the-art facilities
- Only perform indoor picking – working at 18°C every day!
- Belong to a multi-cultural workplace and friendly work environment
- Be rewarded for hard work
- Work for a company that is progressive and best in its class
- Receive a free punnet of mushrooms each week
- Work with great bosses!
Salary
Pickers are paid an hourly rate of $29.33 during their 4-week training. After this pickers have a minimum wage guarantee of $29.33 per hour and are able to earn a piece rate of $33.72 or more, depending on output and productivity. After 3 months employees are moved to level 2 hourly rate.
About SA Mushrooms
SA Mushrooms is only a 30-minute drive from the City and just 6 minutes from the closest Northern Connector or Northern Expressway exit.
Established in 1998, SA Mushrooms is proudly family-owned and operated. Family run SA Mushrooms has strong familial and cultural values of hard work, honesty, innovation, and pride. These values drive the production of the freshest and highest quality mushrooms that are enjoyed by families nationwide.
Interested in working with us? Apply by completing the questions below and attaching your resume when asked.
PLEASE NOTE only those that we shortlist will be contacted via phone call, otherwise you will receive an email from us if we are not going to progress with your application.