Mushroom Picker

Hughes Group; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural company in Harrogate is seeking workers to ensure compliance with hygiene and health & safety standards in mushroom harvesting. Candidates will work as part of a team, ensure picking targets are met, and maintain a clean working environment. Attention to detail in quality control is essential. This role involves following specific operational procedures and reporting any issues to supervisors.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a hygiene-sensitive environment is a plus.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Attention to detail in the quality of harvested products.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Hygiene and Health & Safety rules are followed.
• Achieve daily and weekly picking targets.
• Report any issues with team members or machinery.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all Hygiene and Health & Safety rules and procedures are followed.
• Ensure you follow all relevant safe systems of work and safe operating procedures.
• Work as part of the team to ensure picking targets are achieved each day/week.
• Liaise with the Harvesting Supervisor/Manager with any issues/concerns with team members & Machinery.
• Ensure all waste and resources are kept to a minimum.
• Ensure that the growing houses and other linked areas are kept clean and tidy, at all times. Using a ‘clean as you go’ rule.
• Quality – are the right mushrooms harvested in the right punnet.
• Sizes – one size in one punnet
• Presentation – 1 class mushrooms must be capped up.
• Stalk length and stalk cut.
• Ensure picking quality and quantity to minimum 25kg per hour.
• If any disease found, report this straightaway to the supervisor.
• Ensure all mushrooms, irrespective of their size, with long stalks are harvested.
• All beds in the end in the shift (last shift of the day) must be in the end of the house.
• This list is not exhausted but just a guideline of the company’s expectations.