Viticulture Apprentice

MDCV UK; Gravesham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 16,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discount

Career development

Performance bonus

PERKBOX access

EAP

Doctor on call/online service

Job summary

MDCV UK in Gravesham offers a viticulture apprenticeship within our vineyard team. You will gain hands-on experience tending multiple young vineyards and learn through our preferred apprenticeship provider.

The role covers crop walks, pruning, harvesting, record keeping, and contributing to sustainable, budget-conscious vineyard programs. Travel and team collaboration are part of the role.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English, written and spoken.
• Full clean driving licence and own transport.
• Willingness to travel and flexible start/finish times.
• Comfortable speaking with clients and staff.
• Good IT and mobile app skills.
• Able to work a 5 over 7 shift pattern.
• Attend weekly team meetings and be a team player.
• Flexible, can-do attitude and willingness to adapt.

Responsibilities

• Work with vineyard team to oversee multiple young vineyards.
• Carry out crop walks for diseases, pests, nutrients, phenology and vineyard health.
• Train, supervise and work with operatives during pruning and harvesting.
• Record and report vineyard activities to the Vineyard team.
• Design timely, budget-conscious and sustainable vineyard work programs.
• Improve vineyard sustainability environmentally and financially through solid management.
• Undertake other ad-hoc tasks and engage in other business activities as a team member.

Skills

Fluent English

Team player

Strong work ethic

Willing to travel

IT skills

Driving licence

Flexible/adaptable

Job description

As a viticuluture apprentice you will attend an apprenticeship programme through our preferrred apprenticeship provider.

Key responsibilities

• Working with our Vineyard team to oversee multiple young vineyards.
• Crop walks looking for diseases, pests, nutrient deficiencies, phenology, and general vineyard health and performance.
• Training, supervising and working with operatives during manual work, e.g. shoot selection, pruning and harvesting.
• Record keeping and reporting details of vineyard activities and management requirements to the Vineyard team.
• Working closely with the Vineyard Team to design timely, budget conscious and environmentally sustainable vineyard work programs.
• Continually improving the vineyard sustainability, both environmentally and financially through strong management techniques.
• As well as the core requirements, set out above, as a team player you will be expected to undertake other ad-hoc work and engage fully with other business activities.

Requirements

• Comfortable speaking with clients and staff.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• A strong work ethic and willingness to travel.
• Full clean driver's license and own transport.
• Good IT and mobile application skills.
• Working a 5 over 7 shift pattern.
• Flexibility on start and finish times upon request
• Work well in a team and be a team player.
• A flexible, can-do attitude and ability to embrace change.
• Attend and be part of weekly team meetings

Desirable

• 3-years minimum cool-climate vineyard employment.
• Personable, passionate, confident and a desire to learn and advance your career.

Benefits

• Be part of an exciting and disruptive English Sparkling wine producer that has the ability and aspirations to become the largest in the UK
• Generous staff discount.
• Career development.
• Potential to earn a performance related bonus.
• PERKBOX, EAP, Doctor on call/ online service