Soil Sampling Scout

PGG Wrightson • Taumarunui, Manawatu-Wanganui • Posted June 12, 2026

About the Role

Join our team!
No Prior experience needed! Get your step count up, keep fit on all sorts of terrain and enjoy the fresh air by working an outdoor job.

Day to day, you'll be tasked with travelling to farms and will collect soil samples from various locations. We are looking for someone confident and outgoing who can manage long, active days working in the field.
Soil collections occur between June and November, this is a casual position working as and when required as driven by client demands for the soil sampling service.

There is flexibility to work between one and five days per week; work will fluctuate each week; however, it could be between 7-3 hours per week depending on workload.

A typical day of soil core collecting involves travelling to a farm and conducting the soil testing programme

You will require a level of fitness for this position as you will be walking approx. 5 kms per day across dairy or dry stock ...