34 | HORTICULTURE Mount Pack & Cool T T Karen Phelps Career options galore at packhouse Mount Pack & Cool (Mpac) has a state-of-the-art packing and cooling facility at the Tauriko Business Estate. T T to page 36 Our Services and Capabilities CoolLogic is unique in approach. We tailor a solution working in partnership with our customers which includes; needs-based system design, planned and preventative ongoing management and maintenance service programmes, plus a 24-hour service response team. www.coollogic.co.nz Our collaborative approach, quality staff and innovative solutions means our customers receive excellent value for money, compliance, planning and meaningful reporting along the entire project lifecycle. Design Installation Maintenance Service T 0800 772 077 Cool Logic – proud to support Mount Pack N Cool The largest and most technologically advanced packhouse in the Bay of Plenty, Tauranga Mount Pack & Cool (Mpac) has reached the end of its main packing season. But repacking and CA (Controlled Atmosphere) packing work can continue through until November and Mpac managing director Brendon Lee says there’s a wide variety of roles within a packhouse, each requiring different skills and levels of experience, making working at Mpac a great career option. Positions include quality control, grader operator, packing, tray preparation, stacking, strapping and box making. More experienced roles include EDI, grading, bin tip operator and fork hoist drivers for yard and coolstores. He says many Mpac staff have been with the company from its inception, contributing to a strong family culture and a desire to get the best out of one another. “Relationships are at the heart of our business and ensure staff care about every individual grower and also every piece of fruit as if it’s their own,” says Brendon. Mpac is based on a 65,000sqm site, the largest single site in the Tauriko Business Estate, which it purchased in 2016 to build a state-ofthe art facility. Brendon says that every detail was designed with efficiency, sustainability and performance in mind making it the most technologically advanced greenfield kiwifruit packhouse in New Zealand.
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