- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 24
- Job Duties:
- Crops/Commodities:
pumpkins and nursery stock.
Harvest vegetables. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. 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. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment.
Field Harvest & Fall Ornamental Production: Perform duties associated with the harvest and preparation for market of pumpkins and fall ornamental products according to production standards and good agricultural practices. Duties include but are not be limited to: cut, pick, handle, lift, carry, load, unload, wash, bag, box pumpkins and other fall ornamental products; use hand tools; prepare daily supplies; operate machinery and other equipment; perform general maintenance and housekeeping duties.
Flower Raising & Greenhouse Production: Perform tasks associated with growing, producing, packing, and shipping products of floriculture and horticulture nature. Tasks include but are not limited to: sow transplant, pinch, wrap, decorate, label, move, and place plant material and products; use hand tools; maneuver greenhouse carts. Operate machinery and other equipment; perform general maintenance and housekeeping duties.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse