- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 6
- Job Duties:
- This work requires employees to handle a variety of manual labor, including but not limited to task associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual activities with accuracy and efficiency. Crops grown on the farm include beets, carrots, broccoli, peppers, squash, tomatoes, melon among others.
Workers may be required to perform work on the farm, that is incidental to farming the crops grown, such as weeding or hoeing.
This job requires employees to handle a variety of manual labor, including but not limited to tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual activities with accuracy and efficiency. Field workers will be assigned work every morning, depending on the required daily needs. Work will vary depending on crop, weather, and market demands. Farm workers will be harvesting mixed vegetables. Additional to the farm related activities mentioned above, more crop specific duties include:
Use of cutting knifes for harvesting vegetables such as chard, kale, broccoli, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, among others.
Digging into the ground either pulling by hand or plowing out with a tractor, depending on the consistency of the soil, to harvest beets, carrots, radish, turnips, among others.
Wash vegetables with a pressure washer to get rid of excess dirt.
Use twist ties/rubber bands to bundle bunches together to be packed either in plastic or carton box.
Handpick vegetable such as beans and peas, strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, and peppers among others.
Workers will also perform planting, irrigating, fertilizing, and weeding activities.
Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties. Such work will be temporary and unsubstantial agricultural labor.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop