Agricultural Internship: Traditional Olive Factory/Estate Crete


GREECE / Biolea

Biolea olive estate in western Crete, specialized in the production of artisan stone milled, cold pressed organic olive oil, is seeking interns for the harvest period 2012 (approx. end Oct to Jan).

Candidates should be energetic, motivated, innovative, passionate people who believe

in the value of artisan products, and thrive on performing diverse outdoor farm activities. The work is physically demanding and will involve working in the olive groves for long hours. Attitude is everything, common sense is appreciated, as is personal motivation. We are looking for positive, can-do applicants who are open to learning new skills. The position requires physical stamina and experience in agricultural work. Interns will be expected to work long hours outside, lift heavy objects and use hand tools regularly.

This internship requires:

Agriculture-related experience

Physical stamina

Aptitude for working with machinery/tools

Ability to multi-task

Fluency in English

All interns will be considered on a trial basis for the first two weeks of their stay for both parties to decide whether it is a good fit.

REMUNERATION:

This is an internship position for which we will be providing room and board only.

Accommodations are in a village house with individual bedrooms, full size kitchen with stove and refrigerator, Wi-Fi connection, washer.  You are expected to keep your living areas clean and tidy.

Please send your resume and a covering letter describing what you believe you can bring to this position to: contact@biolea.gr.  For more information about our company’s activities please visit our website at: www.biolea.gr and out internship blog at: http://bioleainternship.wordpress.com

Expires: Oct 15, 2012