We’re Looking to hire, Tomato Picking Job at Costa’s Pty Ltd
Tomato Picking, Packing, Crop Work and Nursery Roles Job
Guyra, Tamworth & North West NSW, Australia
Full-Time
About Company
It all began when Francesco Costa, an Italian winemaker from Salina, moved to Australia in order to generate money for his property. Prior to his departure for Italy in 1895, he worked in Melbourne, Colac, and Geelong. Working as a Tomato Picker at Costa's Pty Ltd
Francesco's two eldest sons were sent away in 1903 because the vineyard could not support them. Joe, one of his sons, emigrated to Australia and made his home there. Tony, a different sibling, moved to Australia in 1926 to work for Joe. Tony established his own company in Warrnambool, a modest fruit shop, within a few years
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1937 marked a turning point for the Australian Costa company. In addition to partnering with Joe at Geelong Covent Garden, Tony married Mary Piccone. The first Covent Garden grocery and fruit store was opened in 1888 by Mrs. Bourke, a Geelong local.
Tony and Mary became the sole proprietors of the fruit store in 1938. The company prospered, and twenty years later, Frank and Adrian, the elder sons of Tony and Mary, acquired the fruit shop from their parents and moved into the wholesale provedore industry.
The company kept expanding and evolving throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The business started delivering fresh fruit and vegetables to grocery chains after the addition of new partners Anthony, Kevin, and Robert. Gordon Avenue in Geelong became the new location for Costa Wholesale & Distribution.
By the 1980s, Werribee South, Shepparton, and Monbulk served as the company's distribution centres, and direct sales were conducted out of the Footscray Melbourne Wholesale Markets. Pre-packing, shipping, and interstate trading were all included in the business. The business was now among Australia's biggest wholesale suppliers of fresh produce and exporters of those items.
Since then, the Costa company has established new companies and made investments in a variety of fresh alliances and technologies. Costa oversees and runs numerous farms and horticultural assets across the nation that produces a wide variety of produce. Costa currently provides fresh vegetables across Australia thanks to its supply system.
Through our cherished connections and global initiatives, Costa is happy to be recognised throughout Australia as the benchmark for high-quality fresh produce.
Job Responsibilities
Crop Work
These roles involve:
- Caring for our tomato plants (leafing, pollinating, twisting, lowering)
- Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
- Standing or walking for 8 hours per shift, with breaks
- Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
- Working at heights (depending on task)
- Shifts are mostly rostered Monday to Friday
Picking
These roles involve:
- Picking our tomatoes
- Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
- Standing or walking for 9.5 hours per shift, with breaks
- Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
- Working at heights (occasionally)
- Shifts are mostly rostered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Packing
These roles involve:
- Packing our tomatoes
- Working in a large indoor packing facility which may be cooled to 12 degrees
- Standing for 9.5 hours per shift, with breaks
- Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
- Shifts are mostly rostered Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Nursery Hand
These roles involve:
- Planting seeds and grafting tomato plants
- Caring for our young tomato plants (crop work)
- Working in large Glasshouses with high humidity and warm temperatures (up to 30 degrees)
- Some tasks require standing or walking for 8 hours per shift, with breaks
- Some shifts may require repeatedly lifting from floor level on to trolleys
- Repetitive low muscle load movement of hands, wrists, arms, elbows, shoulder, neck
- These are mostly “on call” casual positions, which may be worked any day of the week
Job Requirement
Successful candidates must:
- Have access to reliable transport to and from the work site
- Be physically fit with the ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods of time
- Be able to work in a warm and humid environment (crop and picking roles)
- Have an understanding of basic English (written and spoken)
- Work cooperatively and respectfully in a multicultural workforce
- Have a strong focus and commitment to Occupational Health and Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Personal Hygiene
