Local food and farms

Hiring: Retail and Production Assistant
Business: Woodfolk Cider
Location: Coldwater (near Barrie, Orillia, Midland) Ontario
Term: summer (May-Aug) or seasonal (May-Oct.) please indicate your preference when applying

Do you love cider? We are a small orchard based cidery looking to hire an assistant for this upcoming spring, summer and fall.

This job will be a little bit of everything, as we are a tiny team. Lots of retail sales and service, think tasting flights and chatting to folks about cider. You’ll also get to learn about cider production and help us with bottling, cleaning tanks and other production tasks as they come up. If you stay on in the fall, you’ll be helping more in the orchard and cellar for picking and pressing season.

Our orchard is not certified organic, but we use only organic sprays and regenerative practices. Happy to share what we do there. We grow over 56 varieties of apples and pears and make dry, complex ciders.

If you’re interested, please send a cover letter and resume. Let us know why you’d like to work here. A good attitude and willingness to learn is number one. Experience is a bonus but not required.

Job involves:

• Retail sales and service
• Production jobs like bottling, labeling and general cidery tasks
• Cleaning production area
• Tasting and analysis of products
• Assist with events and farmers’ markets as availability allows
• Ability to work outdoors
• Orchard work such as mowing and pruning
• Occasional farmers’ markets or events
• Must be physically capable to lift 40-50lbs
• Ladder work
• Pruning, picking apples
• Pressing fruit

Ideal candidate may have:

• Experience in hospitality
• Experience in beverage production (beer, cider, wine or spirits)
• Comfortable working both independently and on a team
• Effective interpersonal and electronic communication skills
• Horticultural and/or farming knowledge
• Curious about cider styles, flavours and apples

Must have:

• Smart Serve
• Be 19+ years old

Benefits:

Discounted products

Job Type:

Contract, May-Oct

Or adjusted contract length for summer students (Can only work during the summer? Please still apply)

Compensation:

• Wage based on experience
• $23/hr
• 32h per week
• Thursday to Sunday
• Possibility of extension

To apply, please e-mail your resume and a brief covering letter to:
martha@woodfolkcider.com
subject: Retail and Production Assistant

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