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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

120

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: asparagus, green beans, peppers, rutabagas, squash, zucchini. The majority of work activities are related to vegetable production and warehouse operations. The operations team receives, handles, prepares, freezes and packages for preservation and provision to the marketplace fresh produce primarily produced by the employer. Workers may be additionally be asked to harvest asparagus during a 6-8 week window. Use hand tools including, but not limited to shovels, hoes and knives to cultivate and harvest asparagus. Spread plastic or other groundcovering as needed. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Weed and thin plants. Cut crops and tie in bunches. Take care to prevent damaging plants. Workers who harvest asparagus will not be offered shift work. Work on production line to pack product by hand or with mechanized equipment, including but not limited to bagging machines, bin feeders, box machines, labeling machines, regular and high stacking forklifts. Pack/bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Move product to storage areas and/or loading areas to prepare for shipping. Keep material and product records accurately. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. Must have sufficient hand and finger dexterity to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. Must be able to differentiate colors, textures, and other attributes of product to distinguish varieties and identify defects. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use and after a worker has an accident at work. Employer requires all newly hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid background check. All background checks are conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Applicants found to have felony convictions (including, but not limited to assault, child molestation, sex or drug-related convictions) will be immediately terminated out of concern for general public safety, and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local worker who is terminated for cause resulting from findings of the background check, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. Tobacco use strictly prohibited. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind permitted in the fields, worker housing, or anywhere on company premises. This is necessary to protect against transmission of toxins and contamination from tobacco by-products. Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found smoking or in possession of smoking materials, including cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco or smoking paraphernalia. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may transport other workers.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Jobs offered are in a warehouse operation processing vegetables grown primarily by the employer. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Saturday and Sunday work required. Workers will be offered alternating days off. Must be able to lift/carry 50 lbs. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required. Criminal background check required.

Number of Hours Per Week:

55

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

OPC Arbre Farms, LLC

Location:

Walkerville, MI 49549

Worksite

Address:

6362 North 192nd Ave., Walkerville, MI 49459

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22068-965266

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

3/25/2022

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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