- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 28
- Job Duties:
- Manually seed, transplant, cultivate, grow and harvest fruits & vegetables by hand and machine including but not limited to: sweetcorn, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cabbage, eggplant, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, hemp, beets, onions, potatoes, melons, beans, broccoli & pumpkins. Use hand tools, such as shovels, hoes, tampers, pruning shears, & knives. Greenhouse work in a temperature-controlled environment including but not limited to cleaning, filling, and seeding trays, watering transplants and transporting plants to field for planting. Duties include trellising and repair fences & farm buildings. Weeding, thinning, and pruning vegetables without damage to plants and roots. Drive and operate trucks, forklifts, tractors, tractor drawn machinery, self-propelled farm machinery. Operate chain saw to cut fire wood. Set up and operate irrigation during growing and harvesting of vegetables & fruits. Grading, sorting, cleaning, making boxes, packing and loading trucks with fruits & vegetables in the field or farm buildings. Mix and apply pesticides and fertilizers to crops. Maintain, repair, clean and sanitize farm equipment. Must be physically able to lift 75lbs on a consistent basis throughout the day. Must be able to bend, stoop, and stand on feet for long periods of time planting, weeding & harvesting fruits & vegetables. While working in the field, all cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Workers must have three months of verifiable experience in above.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse