Responsibilities will include harvesting fruit, assisting in data collection and maintaining research plantings. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. Individual will be responsible for procuring fruit to be processed in the fastest growing IQF facility in the South. This position requires travel throughout the southeastern United States, working with farmers and surveying crops such as apples, blueberries, peaches, and strawberries. Candidate will answer directly to the President of Solo Foods.
Agricultural background is a plus.
Solo Foods will train the candidate for this position. Salary and benefits are negotiable and based on experience. The primary goals of the program are to teach students how to understand workplace cultures, to familiarize them with the way things work in different organizations, and to give them the communication and teamwork skills they will need to succeed on the job. The program was designed in consultation with our Corporate Advisory Board to meet whatthey perceive as a real need for students. This includes room and board for two weeks, tuition, materials, transportation to sites, and insurance and activity fees.