Careers

VINEPOWER LIMITED

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE
Vineyard Worker

PURPOSE
The overall responsibility of the vineyard worker is to ensure that the health and wellbeing of the plants are of a quality standard as well as ensure the general upkeep of the clients vineyard.

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Plant Maintenance

• Shoot thinning – ensures that there are an adequate number of shoots per cane and that there is appropriate spacing between each shoot as required.
• Bud rubbing – ensures all the low growth from the bottom of the vines is removed as required.
• Leaf plucking – ensures any dead or rotten leaves are removed from the vine as required.
• Cluster thinning – ensures any excess clusters of grapes are removed if vines are too over-crowded.
• De-latering – ensures any lateral shoots are removed from around bunches of grapes as required.
• Wire Lifting – ensures all the wires are lifted onto the vines to keep the canopy upright as required.
• Wire dropping – ensures wires are dropped after pruning vines.
• Puts up and removes bird nets as and when required.
• Hand harvests as required.
• Trains young vines as required.
• Monitors for disease and ensures that disease pressure is kept at a minimum.
• Pruning – (4-5 months each year).
• VSP/Spur pruning • Assesses vines to ensure that any pruning activity is conducted according to the vigour of the plant.
• Determines the number of buds and canes that are needed for each vine.
• Physically prunes the plant.
• Strips out any pruned canes from the wires.
• Trims remaining canes and ensures they are clean and tidy.
• Ensures that each cane is tied down to the wire appropriately.
• Ensures all stripped canes are out from under the vines for mulching activity.
• Trellis Maintenance • Replacing wires.
• Nailing/Drilling Clips.
• Marking Posts.
• Irrigation Maintenance.
• Vineyard Development • Planting Vines.
• Running Wires.
• Clipping Irrigation – Lateral.
• Marking Posts.
• Vineguard installation.

Note: Some of these duties involve heavy lifting and repetitive bending.

GENERAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be punctual and work the hours and times specified.
• Prioritise workload to ensure work of the greatest importance to the business is undertaken with urgency and to a high standard.
• Support and help develop a positive workplace culture.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Responsibly manage all business resources within accountability levels.
• Undertake all duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description and all other duties as required by the business.
• Comply with all employment obligations.
• Promptly undertake to complete all reasonable and lawful instructions and directions given.
• Serve the business in good faith, promoting and protecting the business’s best interests.
• During work time, and such other times as may be reasonably required, dedicate all effort to the execution and fulfillment of the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and instructions related to
  employment.
• Demonstrate through own actions a commitment to Health and Safety at work when undertaking work or observing others in the workplace.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION

Training provided

 

Applicants should contact [email protected] 021 106 4142