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Coral Beach Farms

Coral Beach is the perfect company for your first year of picking or if you've been at it for years. Coral Beach has amazing facilities for the pickers and is in a beautiful location next to lake Okanagan! You wake up at as early as 4am, make breakfast and either walk to you area of the orchard or wait for the bus. Your team leader will show you to your row and you get picking! On average you only pick until around 1:30pm. It gets to hot during midday to keep you outside in the sun. That means you get the rest of the day off to go swimming and shopping or whatever your heart desires! The workplace culture is like any contract work out there. Lots of amazing people from all over the world coming together and having a blast in the summer sun! Be sure to bring an open mind and an open heart. Also a good tent and something to sleep on. It doesn't rain often in the south but when it does its torrential. You do have to buy and cook your own food, but Coral Beach does supply you with a expansive kitchen and dining room; a massive fridge, showers, laundry room and TV room with the largest stack of VHS movies I've seen. Theres also wifi so you can watch movies online and contact family. The hardest part of the job would be the hauling of your ladder all day and the cardio associated with that. Like any contract work, being somewhat physically fit gives you an advantage. It is easier than tree planting though so don't worry! also if it rains or its too hot. You don't pick! Because it is a crop, weather plays a heavy role in making money. Guaranteed you will have the time of your life and make incredible  friends from all walks of life.

Water bottles weren't allowed in the work area which resulted in dehydration. A typical work date would be different each time during when we start to when we end depending on how many bins of cherries that needs to be sent out. I learned how to sort the bad cherries and how to properly wrap a box. Co-workers were quite friendly and made a few friends with a couple co-workers and supervisors. The hardest part of the job was that we weren't allowed to bring water into the plant which resulted into dehydration. The most enjoyable part of the job was getting to meet new people.

A wonderfully way to spend your summer, Coral Beach Farms is a unique experience for anyone willing to take a break from their regular life.

The work is hard, and the hours are long, but you'll fall asleep each day with a satisfaction that only comes through good work.

The Picker Camp is filled with enthusiastic young adults, and while it may have management issues with upkeep and regulation, it makes up for it with the life-long friends that you'll find.

Typical day I would set up my department for my workers and turn on the machines and lay out mats and after I would supervise my workers and help out and fix problems. Hardest part was when machines would break down and when that happens, I would radio in the managers. I learned how to be a leader and develop my cognitive side also problem solve. The enjoyable part was meeting new people from different parts of the world.

I had a great time, i enteracted with everyone, the only thing is the water to wash your hands with in the packaging house was like ice, that can be better, the accomodation is nice the only thing is as a female we need to have a tiolet close by to use in the middle of the night.
The bathrooms are nice but they are inconvient to  walk to them in the middle of the night.

Loved this job because I got to be outside for the entire summer.  Physically kept me in shape and was great for my team building skills. Worked with people from all over the world some with language barriers.  Great experience.

I typical day of work was operating various machines in the process of processing of large quantities of cherries to be packaged and shipped off. There employees were mostly Mexican and could not speak english.

Management was relentless and perpetually grumpy and the work was really tough but my colleagues made it a fun environment for the most part. 
Typical day would start at 4 or 5am and go until 3 or 4pm. Sometimes they would tell us we would have the day off and then wake us an hour later saying we had to work.

I wish the manager take into consideration of hiring me into such a great job so I might learn on the Canadian method of work and make some little money to sponsor my education later in future in my country.

Wake up at 3-4 AM, pick cherries (while the sun is still low in the sky) from 5AM-12/2PM. Sometimes hard to make good money but an overall potential to make much more money than you would in a minimum wage job. After work, everyone goes down to the beach and swims all afternoon

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Packer 1 salary reported	$36.50 per hour
Farm manager 1 salary reported	$24.00 per hour
Agricultural operations manager 1 salary reported	$29.00 per hour
Crew manager 1 salary reported	$23.50 per hour

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