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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

6

Job Duties:

Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load yellow squash, green squash, peppers, cucumbers, pickles, string beans, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, cabbage by hand and machine. Transplant crops into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil in assigned rows in the field either by transplanter machine or while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Vegetables will be manually harvested by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows, and dumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers. Lay, tuck and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities including setting up, repairing, operating and maintaining drip and other irrigation equipment. Manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Work in groups to harvest crops with agricultural equipment that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles.

Job Classification:

45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Monday-Friday, Floating schedule depending on weather, schedule varies, start/end times will vary, days of week worked will vary based on workload. No experience required, employer will train.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Dominic S Leonardi

Location:

Pilesgrove, NJ 08098

Telephone Number:

+18566389131

Worksite

Address:

101 Harrisonville Lake Road, Pilesgrove, NJ 08098

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22075-985002

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

3/21/2022

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