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Position: Cidery Apprentice
Company: Woodfolk Cider
Location: near Orillia & Barrie, Ontario

Do you love cider? We are a small orchard based cidery looking to hire an apprentice. A great opportunity to learn about craft beverages, orcharding, and making cider.

This job will be a little bit of everything, as we are a small 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. Some days you’ll be working in the orchard, in the fall you’ll help pressing apples.

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

A good attitude and willingness to learn is number one.

Experience is a bonus but not required.

If you’re interested, please send a cover letter. Let us know why you’d like to work here: martha@woodfolkcider.com

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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
• Ability to work outdoors
• Orchard work such as mowing and pruning
• 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
• Driver’s License
• Be 19+ years old

Benefits:

Discounted products

Job Type:

• Contract, April-Oct. (flexible start date) 6 months
• Possibility of extension

Salary:

Wage based on experience

$20/hr (plus tips and commission)

35-40h per week

Must be available weekends