ACES Agriculture Apprenticeship is a hands-on learning and training program designed for individuals interested in pursuing a career in agriculture. This production-focused program exposes you to every aspect of the season, from planning to production to sales, with the intent of making you a competitive candidate for future agriculture operations.
Compensation
$610/week, plus housing, utilities, a bi-weekly vegetable CSA (June-October), staff eggs when available, a $100 farm store stipend, and a $100 gear stipend.
Responsibilities
Assist with vegetable production, including soil preparation, seed propagation, irrigating, transplanting, and cultivation
Assist with harvesting, washing, packaging, and sales of final vegetable products
Assist with the sales of produce and meat at farmers’ markets and on the ranch through farmstand and CSA pickup
Assist with maintenance of the vegetable production area by mowing and weed whacking
Assist with evening hoop house closing
Requirements
Exposure to agricultural production (one season of production, summer internship, regular volunteering, or equivalent experience)
Hands‑on learning and training program in regenerative agriculture and livestock production.
Compensation
$610/week, plus housing, utilities, a bi-weekly vegetable CSA (June-October), staff eggs when available, a $100 farm store stipend, and a $100 gear stipend.
Responsibilities
Assist with daily care of cattle, sheep, laying hens, broilers, turkeys, pigs, and rabbits
Provide feed and fresh water, create electric fencing paddocks, move animals through rotational grazing
Muck out stalls and houses, collect and wash eggs
Participate in humane on‑property slaughter of chickens and turkeys
Lead rewilding and land restoration initiatives across the reserve, managing fire, water, and field teams to restore fynbos and renosterveld ecosystems.
Responsibilities
Lead the reserve’s rewilding efforts
Execute land restoration tasks
Plan and carry out planting of indigenous trees
Rehabilitate damaged sites
Support alien plant clearing
Requirements
Relevant diploma in nature conservation, veld or land management, or equivalent qualification
The 360° Log Handler Driver is responsible for the safe, efficient handling and management of log stock within the log yard, ensuring a continuous and reliable flow of timber into the sawmill production process through heavy machinery operation.
Responsibilities
Operate a 360° log handler to unload, stack, sort, and feed logs safely into processing lines
Maintain a consistent supply of timber to support continuous production flow
Carry out daily pre-start checks and basic maintenance inspections on machinery
Identify, report, and escalate any mechanical faults or safety concerns
Work in close collaboration with the log yard and production teams
Performs general construction and maintenance of farm equipment and facilities that support routine care for animals.
Responsibilities
Provides routine animal care such as daily feeding, watering, cleaning/sanitation of stalls and barns, rotational grazing, monitoring health and safety of animals, and transportation of animals to the proper location
Performs general construction and maintenance of farm equipment, structures, and grounds, including, but not limited to, fences, stalls, barns, roads, ponds, farm buildings, and lawn/field care
Operates tractors or other specialized equipment to transport feed and waste
May need to operate a truck and trailer to assist with transporting animals
May handle pesticides, herbicides, and hazardous chemicals on a team or alone
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