🌱 Seasonal Job Opportunity: Kiwifruit Thinning Worker 🌱
Location: On orchard – Gisborne
Reports to: Orchard Manager and/or Orchard Supervisor
Season: Early spring (bud thinning) and summer (fruit thinning)
About the Role:
Join our team for the 2026 kiwifruit thinning season! Thinning involves the manual removal of excess flower or fruit buds from kiwifruit vines to help produce larger, higher-quality fruit and improve vine health. This is hands-on, physically demanding work performed outdoors.
Key Responsibilities:
Remove excess or misshapen flower buds and fruit by hand
Use secateurs or loppers for pruning as needed
Work under vines, often with arms raised above your head
Why Join Us?
Valuable seasonal employment, great for backpackers, short term contracts
Opportunity to gain experience in horticulture
Pathway to other orchard roles, such as harvesting
Please apply online via Apata website: www.apata.co.nz
Job Requirements
• No experience required – on-the-job training provided!
• Good level of physical fitness and a strong work ethic
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather
• For your safety height ideally between 1.6m and 1.78m due to canopy height
• Willingness to undergo random drug and alcohol testing
• Be aware: bees and pollen are prevalent during thinning
• Working on your feet all day, also with arms above head
• Quick learner, follows instructions with good attention to detail
• Reliable
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Job Requirements
• No experience required – on-the-job training provided!
• Good level of physical fitness and a strong work ethic
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather
• For your safety height ideally between 1.6m and 1.78m due to canopy height
• Willingness to undergo random drug and alcohol testing
• Be aware: bees and pollen are prevalent during thinning
• Working on your feet all day, also with arms above head
• Quick learner, follows instructions with good attention to detail
• Reliable