YOU CAN EXPECT SOME CHALLENGES
Will it be the same as the training farm when I get to my job?
Not really. Because now it is just you, the employer and their team, and the tasks they ask you to do.
This is now a real job for real pay.
There will be challenges.
Farm work is usually challenging for a variety of reasons.
This is normal, and can be part of the personal development process that you will experience here.
They can affect anyone, including the strongest, most confident and most travelled.
ADAPT
Learning to adapt to the challenges of a new work environment is one of the most valuable skills you can develop.
It is the ultimate transferable skill that you will use in every change or role, responsibility, employer or tasking throughout your career.
Not really. Because now it is just you, the employer and their team, and the tasks they ask you to do.
This is now a real job for real pay.
There will be challenges.
Farm work is usually challenging for a variety of reasons.
This is normal, and can be part of the personal development process that you will experience here.
They can affect anyone, including the strongest, most confident and most travelled.
ADAPT
Learning to adapt to the challenges of a new work environment is one of the most valuable skills you can develop.
It is the ultimate transferable skill that you will use in every change or role, responsibility, employer or tasking throughout your career.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES YOU CAN EXPECT
Environment and Physicality
The work and the environment can be physically hard, requiring fitness, strength, stamina and resilience.
This may be due to climate, temperature, the nature of the tasks you are doing, and the sustained nature of the work.
Farms and rural workplaces may feel remote and far from the shops and other facilities that you are used to.
Social and Emotional
It is normal to experience some emotional reaction to being in a new, different and remote environment.
You may be communicating in your 2nd language, and communication styles and manners may be quite different to what you are used to.
You are far from home. You may be homesick. You may be far from shops etc. and there may not be many people around.
Your mobile device may not operate as you are used to. You will be required to engage socially with your employers and co-workers.
Living
Environment and Physicality
The work and the environment can be physically hard, requiring fitness, strength, stamina and resilience.
This may be due to climate, temperature, the nature of the tasks you are doing, and the sustained nature of the work.
Farms and rural workplaces may feel remote and far from the shops and other facilities that you are used to.
Social and Emotional
It is normal to experience some emotional reaction to being in a new, different and remote environment.
You may be communicating in your 2nd language, and communication styles and manners may be quite different to what you are used to.
You are far from home. You may be homesick. You may be far from shops etc. and there may not be many people around.
Your mobile device may not operate as you are used to. You will be required to engage socially with your employers and co-workers.
Living
- You will be living and working in the same place. This requires understanding, tolerance and compromise, a willingness to co-operate, and the ability to be cheerful, positive and helpful at all times.
- You may be self catering, living in workers accommodation. You will be required to be clean, tidy, respectful of the property of others, respectful of the personal space of others.
- You will also need to be willing to engage socially, willing to do your share of cleaning, tidying, cooking etc, and being an easy person to live (and work with). Expect to be required to be proactively helpful in and out of working hours.
So how do I overcome these ?
To put in the most simple way, by engaging with full energy and 100% focus with the employer, their team, and the tasks you are asked to do.
More specifically there are some simple things you can do that will help you - simple workplace habits that will help you do your job well, impress your employer, and so make you into a welcomed and valued member of the team. Click below.
To put in the most simple way, by engaging with full energy and 100% focus with the employer, their team, and the tasks you are asked to do.
More specifically there are some simple things you can do that will help you - simple workplace habits that will help you do your job well, impress your employer, and so make you into a welcomed and valued member of the team. Click below.
working habits (click here)
Working habits
Learning fast, safely and constantly improving is your goal. Being efficient, proactive, and easy to manage.
There are many ways to achieve this – all make a difference.
Organisation
Be well organised, 10 mins early for everything
Prepare your things the night before.
Get up early. Eat a good breakfast.
Live tidy. Live clean.
Communication
If English is not your first language - slow your words. Pronounce them clearly.
Communicate well. Repeat instructions back.
Communicate positive energy with your body language.
Engage, look in the eye, nod, smile, have an open posture.
Your phone should not be seen / used during work hours, but have it with you for safety etc.
Socialise
Get involved in day to day life with your employer and their team.
Take an interest in them and their families.
Offer to help.
Take notes
Carry a note book as well as your phone.
Keep a daily diary, notes of tasks, hours, things to remember and to learn.
Work performance
Check your progress as often as you can.
Ask if things are being done well enough, and how to be better.
Aim to be the best employee you can be. Be the person you would employ if you were the employer.
Think ahead. Try to anticipate tasks and your employer's needs. Be proactive.
Look for opportunities to learn and try new things. (Don't be afraid to ask for them !)
Learning fast, safely and constantly improving is your goal. Being efficient, proactive, and easy to manage.
There are many ways to achieve this – all make a difference.
Organisation
Be well organised, 10 mins early for everything
Prepare your things the night before.
Get up early. Eat a good breakfast.
Live tidy. Live clean.
Communication
If English is not your first language - slow your words. Pronounce them clearly.
Communicate well. Repeat instructions back.
Communicate positive energy with your body language.
Engage, look in the eye, nod, smile, have an open posture.
Your phone should not be seen / used during work hours, but have it with you for safety etc.
Socialise
Get involved in day to day life with your employer and their team.
Take an interest in them and their families.
Offer to help.
Take notes
Carry a note book as well as your phone.
Keep a daily diary, notes of tasks, hours, things to remember and to learn.
Work performance
Check your progress as often as you can.
Ask if things are being done well enough, and how to be better.
Aim to be the best employee you can be. Be the person you would employ if you were the employer.
Think ahead. Try to anticipate tasks and your employer's needs. Be proactive.
Look for opportunities to learn and try new things. (Don't be afraid to ask for them !)