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We are looking for people who are interested in earning money in short period. We can offer you 5 weeks of work.
Weeks 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30. June 22 to july 24. Saturdays and Sundays are off.
We are looking for 2 people.
The job is mainly thinning apples, but it may occur other apple farm work while you are here.
You will live in a house separated from our house, with 3 bedrooms/6 beds, fully equipped including Wi-Fi.
Working hours will be 7,5 hours a day. From 08:00 to 16:30.
With 1 hour unpaid break, 11:30 to 12:30.
We will offer minimum wage.
Free accomodation. But you pay your own food.
IMPORTANT:
We are looking for hardworking, punctual and are good on socializing and working together with others.
In this kind of work it is important to show flexibility, efficiency, quality and interest on the task to be done.
Someone who wants to learn about apple farming.
You should like to work outside in sun or rain, and be physically fit.
Manual work. Thinning apples, to get a high quality fruits and good harvest.
We would like you to be able to communicate in English or Norwegian.
We are farmer living in the south west coast of Norway, We live in a tiny village called Jelsa, my parents, me (47 y/o) , my wife (38), son (12 years old), 4 years old and 2 year old daugthers.
The whole family likes hiking, fishing and hunting, as well as picking mushrooms and berries in the wood.
The farm has been in the family for generations.
But the farm has been farmed at least since iron age. In 2016 we planted the first apple trees and we have been expanding the fruit production ever since. We have now around 17,000 fruit trees in total.
We deliver the apples to sell to the markets. We also make apple products such as apple juice, apple gele and apple cider.
You will be welcome in our farm. You are welcome to join us to go hiking, and fishing. We can share good stories, about culture and good laugh.
We are looking forward to meet you. :)
Best Regards,
Jon Anders and Generosa
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Aide dans une ferme
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Traditional fruit farming in south-western Norway, and getting to know the rural mindset and traditions of the region. There is a lot of hiking possibilities from the farm, and a lot of interesting nature and cultural experiences for a day excursion.
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Cet hôte offre l'hébergement et une rémunération.
Aide
Apple thinning
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Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Tagalog: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
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Hébergement
Normal standard, 3 bedroms/6 beds, 1 bathroom, kitchen, and internet.
Autres infos...
Activities :
Fishing in both fresh and salt/sea water, mountain hiking,
picking wild berries and mushrooms(when in seasons)
Nearest small grocery store is 15-20 min drive.
Nearest big town are Stavanger(2,5 hours drive with car, around 1,5 hours with the ferry) and
Haugesund(2 hours drive with car, not posible with ferry).
It is remote area, public transportation is poor. Only school bus and ferries.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
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Plus de 2
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She is a sunshine, always smiling and making everyone laugh. She helped us with apple picking, making apple juice and general work activities in our apple farm..
She is eager to learn, always doing her best. She have done a great job. Fantastic teamwork with her.
We highly recommend her to the… read more
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She is a sunshine, always smiling and making everyone laugh. She helped us with apple picking, making apple juice and general work activities in our apple farm..
She is eager to learn, always doing her best. She have done a great job. Fantastic teamwork with her.
We highly recommend her to the… read more
He was very helpful and always doing his best when doing the task.
Good in working both alone and with the team.
He is a positive person with a big heart.
We surely miss him here in the farm.
Thank you very much Fynn. :)
Highly recommended to other workawayer host.
They really want the workawayers to see and experience… read more
Their presence was surely remarkable because of their positiveness. :)
Always helpful and was interested on what is going one in the farm. They were strong and open minded.
We are thankful to have had them volunteer in our farm.
We highly recommended them to next workawayer… read more
Both are very friendly and handsome persons. You can hardly spend a day there without having something funny happening.
The work with the apples is really nice and you can tell that both live for the apple farm. They show and tell you everything you need to know and explain a… read more
Despite the snowy cold days, they were still positive and smiling.
They were outside helping us cutting/trimming the apple trees among other things. They were very helpful, hardworking and putting their hearts to what they do. We are very lucky to have them during this time. They… read more
Breakfast and lunch were always up at the farmhouse together with everyone (Jon-Anders, Robert, Generosa and all the other workawayers). We usually made dinner in… read more
In the cold winter time, came this two lovely people in our farm. :)
They were very helpful, kind and did not hesitate to do every task that is around the farm.
They were always smiling and giving positive energy to everybody. :)
The food they make is fantastic. We were lucky… read more
We stayed 7 weeks in this amazing Apple farm owned by Jon and with his beautiful family: Generosa, Brage, baby girl, the grandparents and Rob. The most caring and friendly people we've ever met.
We were treated like friends or even members of their family. They… read more
This was my first Workaway and I think I couldn't be more lucky!
I met wonderful people at this place and felt welcomed the second I arrived. Throughout my stay the whole family did everything, so that everybody feels comfortable.… read more
She is a positive person, kind, and always smiling. She is putting her heart with what she do, happily doing the work. :)
Very helpfull and good in both working alone and team work.
And she make a very good apple cake. :)
We… read more
Jon and Generosa are such a nice people. They are very kind, openminded and help you whenever you need it. We felt there like at home, with all the delicious food, which was Generosa cooked and the fun, we had all the time.
During… read more
The job is really interesting to learn different things about apples. You will often work with Robert, a family’s friend. He has a lot of knowledge in different… read more
