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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

7

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: Farm Work: peaches, apples, pears, persimmons, strawberries. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Perform manual labor to cultivate and harvest peaches, apples, pears, persimmons, blackberries, blueberries, muscadines, and harvest strawberries. Ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning. Clean, grade, sort, pack, and load harvested product. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Till soil. Transplant and weed crops. Construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Harvest fruits by hand. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Workers must use care when grading and packing not to damage or bruise produce. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Workers must keep up with fellow workers while grading and harvesting fruit as fruit truck drives down rows. Workers will assemble boxes. As a minor activity, workers may plant trees or operate agricultural equipment. Workers must have a general understanding of how pruning affects competition with fruiting wood and how thinning is done to provide nutrition to the developing fruit. Improper pruning can cause problems with fruit load, fruit size, disease severity, and overall production. Workers are also responsible for orchard sanitation duties including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, and sweeping floors. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Drive trucks or other vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers on or off the farm. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage;

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

One month of farm work experience required. Work outside in inclement weather conditions including rain and extreme temperatures ranging from 32 to 100+ degrees. Perform prolonged walking, reaching, stooping, pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying of up to 50 lbs. Use an 8 ft. ladder while pruning fruit trees above head. Drug testing is conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process. Negative results are required before starting work.

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Mountain View Orchards, LLC

Location:

Jemison, AL 35085

Worksite

Address:

16045 County Road 29, Jemison, AL 35085

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25342-464507

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/22/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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