Updated: August 7, 2026
Agriculture and food production
Workers for agriculture and food production in Ukraine
WORKIN recruits greenhouse workers, poultry plant staff and operators for sorting, packing and processing lines. In groups sized for the season and for permanent shifts.
Here the point is not to find people but to find them before the season starts: a harvest does not move two weeks to the right.
What it is and how it works
Groups for the season and for permanent shifts in agriculture
WORKIN recruits workers for greenhouses, poultry farms, sorting, packing and processing lines. The company names the season date and the number of people, and we assemble the group, describe the conditions honestly before anyone buys a ticket and bring people to their first shift.
First we fix the profile: greenhouse, workshop or field, working conditions - heat, cold, humidity, sanitary rules - and the schedule. Seasonal positions are filled from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan, where lead times are short and people are ready for seasonal contracts. A large group is split into waves of 2-3 weeks.
You approve people based on their profiles, the migration partner handles the permit and documents, and WORKIN arranges arrival, housing and transport to out-of-town sites when needed. For the first shifts a newcomer works alongside an experienced worker. WORKIN receives half of its fee only after the workers start their shifts.
- people in a seasonal group
- 20-300
- to start from visa-free countries
- 4-8 weeks
- visa-free recruitment countries
- 4
- worker replacement guarantee
- 6 months
The problem we solve
The season does not wait for a vacancy to close
In agriculture the date is set by the field and by biology, not by a production plan. If the people are not there in the right week, you lose not a shift but the harvest.
The peak lasts only a few weeks
Two hundred people are needed from mid-August, not in October. Local hiring physically cannot cover a spike like that.
There are almost no local seasonal workers left
The rural population has shrunk, and neighbouring farms compete for the same people in the same weeks.
Line and greenhouse work is monotonous
People leave after the first shifts if they did not understand what they were signing up for. That gets filtered before arrival, not after.
Hygiene requirements block the start
Without a health certificate nobody is allowed into food production. If that is remembered on arrival day, a week is lost.
Who we recruit
Roles, tasks and exactly what we verify
Most agricultural roles need no qualification, but all of them need readiness for monotony, cold or heat. That is what we check.
Greenhouse worker
- Tasks
- Plant care, tying, picking, preparing produce for dispatch
- Experience
- None or from 3 months
- What we verify
- Readiness for heat and humidity, pace, care
- Shift pattern
- Day shift, six-day week in season
Poultry plant worker
- Tasks
- Poultry house work, sorting, work in the processing hall
- Experience
- From 3 months or none
- What we verify
- Readiness for the smell and the specifics, hygiene requirements
- Shift pattern
- Two shifts
Produce sorter
- Tasks
- Sorting by size and quality, rejecting, stacking
- Experience
- None required
- What we verify
- Attention, conveyor pace, standing work
- Shift pattern
- Two shifts
Food packer
- Tasks
- Weighing, packing, labelling, filling crates
- Experience
- From 3 months
- What we verify
- Care, pace, compliance with hygiene rules
- Shift pattern
- Two or three shifts
Processing line operator
- Tasks
- Work on deboning, cutting, freezing or packing lines
- Experience
- From 6 months in food production
- What we verify
- Experience on the specific line, work in the cold
- Shift pattern
- Two shifts
Seasonal field worker
- Tasks
- Harvesting, weeding, loading crates
- Experience
- None required
- What we verify
- Physical stamina, readiness for outdoor work
- Shift pattern
- Day shift, six-day week
Chilled halls and deboning lines are a separate matter: what they need is not qualification but tolerance to cold. We say that plainly at interview.
Where we recruit from
Countries, roles and timelines
Seasonal roles are covered from visa-free directions: the timeline is short and there are people ready for a seasonal contract.
Pick the role, the number of people and the timing - we will show when they start
01Most frequent roles
02How many people
03When you need them
- Realistic time to the first shift
- 4-8 weeks
- Replacement guarantee
- 6 months
- Cost
- Calculated for your terms
Practical time to start: Visa-free routes - 4-8 weeks · Work permit - 2-4 weeks · Paperwork after arrival - 3-5 weeks
Strong routes: Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Azerbaijan
Who runs the project
Who is responsible for seasonal groups
Terms with the company, group arrivals and work with people in their own language are handled by different specialists, and you get status updates from one manager.
Olena Lytvynenko
Head of enterprise projects
Takes the season date and headcount and agrees the wave schedule and contract terms.
Andrii Savchuk
Deputy director
Arranges group arrivals, housing and transport to out-of-town sites.
Sherzod Rakhimov
Worker relations manager
Recruits seasonal workers in Uzbekistan and supports them in their own language.
Azamat Toktogulov
Worker relations manager
Runs recruitment in Kyrgyzstan and stays in touch with the group after arrival.
Contract
Documents for an agriculture project
We recruit the group under the recruitment and migration support contract. Housing and meals for seasonal workers are covered by separate contracts if the company has none of its own.
We send the templates before signing so your lawyer has time to review them.
Cases and project scenarios
How this works on agricultural projects
Below are delivered WORKIN projects. Company names are withheld under confidentiality terms; everything else is shown as it happened.
Agriculture and food
Launching a packaging shift at a food plant
There was nobody to staff the extra shift: local response did not cover the need.
View case →
Warehousing and logistics
Warehouse complex: pickers for an extended shift
Extending the shift ran into a shortage of pickers.
View case →
Manufacturing
Woodworking: machine operators and sorters
Areas stood idle for lack of operators, sorters and packers.
View case →
Construction
Construction: reinforcing the crew at the concrete stage
The concrete stage needed people with real experience, not general labourers.
View case →
Questions and answers
What farms ask about agricultural recruitment
Answers to the questions that come up before a project starts.
Two to three months before the start. The visa-free route takes 4-8 weeks, and that is without slack. A July request for an August peak is already late.
Yes, for any food production. Willingness to obtain one is checked at interview; the process itself takes several days after arrival, so build that into the schedule.
No. These roles are filled by people without experience: training takes a few shifts. Experience is only needed on processing and deboning lines.
That is a separate condition we state plainly at interview and write into the profile. Tolerance to cold does not appear after arrival, so we filter for it before tickets.
Here housing and transport are not an extra option but the condition for the group finishing the season. If there is no company housing, WORKIN finds an option and costs it separately.
You can, and in agriculture that is the most common request. But the paperwork route still takes 4-8 weeks, so a short contract makes sense from two months of work upwards.
As many as a full shift needs, plus 10-15 per cent reserve. In season somebody always drops out, and an understaffed line runs slower for the whole shift.
The contractual replacement term applies. But the main filter is an honest conversation before arrival: the person must know about the conveyor pace and the six-day week in advance.
Request
Describe the operation and we will size the group and the timeline
- 01A manager reviews the request and clarifies details
- 02You receive a route, a timeline and a cost structure for your project
- 03Any contract decision comes only after the estimate
Need a detailed request? Fill in the employer form
Staffing request