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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Duties may vary from time to time. Following supervisor’s instructions workers may manually plant, cultivate, harvest, process and pot, blueberry plants. Gather tools needed for specific work being done (picking buckets, fruit lugs, tractor, ATV with harvest trailer, sprayer, pruning shears, water cooler with fresh cups, hoe, shovel, pallet jack, pressure washer, mop, broom, shop vacuum, supplies). Nursery -Job duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Shovel, level, haul, spread rock, dig holes, ditches and trenches. Mowing and trimming grass. Use hand tools such as shovels, trawls, hoes, grass trimmer, pruning hooks, pruning shears and knives. Duties may include tiling soil, transplanting, thinning or pruning crops and spraying insecticide, fungicide and herbicide with air blast sprayer on tractor and 4- wheeler. May also construct, repair, fences, farm buildings and cover and maintain greenhouses. Plant seedlings, seed and plants while standing. Worker will re-plant and step-up gallon pots to two - or three - gallon pots. Load and unload plants from/on trucks. Worker will use a tractor; weed eater, lawn mower and 4-wheeler with trailers to perform certain duties around fields and inside nursery. Greenhouse ~ Clean and organize greenhouses and loading sheds before and after use. Hoe weeds in fields, inside and outside greenhouses. Mechanical Picker: Loading fruit lugs on Mechanical Picker for harvesting fruit. May ride Mechanical Picker monitoring the lugs as fruit is filling them. Pick debris out of fruit as the lugs are filling with fruit. Lift and stack filled lugs into stacks on Mechanical Picker until picked up by ATV with trailer. Transfer filled lugs on mechanical picker onto ATV with Trailer for transporting fruit out of field. Load fresh fruit lugs onto Mechanical Picker for harvesting. Pressure wash and sanitize Mechanical Picker. Field picker: Workers will be required to walk in the field and fill 1-gallon buckets with blueberries. Place fruit carefully in bucket and place under bush for pickup. May carry filled buckets out of field to processing house. Keep records of number of buckets picked daily. Workers are required to sign in an out on all records recorded. Workers that pick-up fruit in buckets or lugs out of field weighing approximately 10-40 lbs. May drive ATV with trailer to field, load filled fruit lugs/buckets onto trailer, and place a top cover over lugs and buckets preparing for transporting fruit to processing facility. Transport to processing facility unload and place on pallets. May pick sort and package blueberries in the field. Workers will use wedge clippers and pruning shears. Processing Facility: Load and Unload filled fruit lugs and palletize for wind tunnel. Place into wind tunnel for cooling before entering processing line. Removal from wind tunnel to processing line. Lift and pour fruit onto cleaner and blower. Stand at grading table or conveyer belt for (inspection) of quality fruit. When processing is complete, workers will then load the trailer with flats of berries. Packing machine monitoring for filling fruit into clamshell and clamshell refilling. Packing clamshells of fruit into boxes (flats) for sale. Lift and stack onto pallets. Use pallet jack to load fruit onto truck/trailer for transportation to drop station. Loading containers of culled fruit for removal from processing building. Build boxes for packing clamshells on packing line. Vacuum, sweep, mop, pressure wash, sanitize, and (clean/sanitize Processing Facility and Equipment). Load/Unload Processing Facility packing materials (clam shells, boxes etc.). Pressure wash (clean) lugs/buckets and processing line equipment. Pick up trash/debris around Farm/Housing/Fields. Prune Fruit bushes and remove wood debris from field. Inspect bushes for damage, disease or insect infestation and remove or replace. Workers will pull grass, pull weeds, mow grass, trim bushes, spread mulch around plants, and

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Employer may conduct criminal background checks to all new applicants, at the owners expense. Must be fluent in both English and Spanish. Workers must have three (3) months experience in managing a blueberry operation. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. Hours and days of work may vary due to weather conditions: blueberries are perishable and must be picked and packed within a limited time of harvest. Repetitive movements, extensive pushing and pulling, extensive walking, frequent stooping. Most of the workday is spent in agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, humid and other natural elements. Workers may stand in one place for long periods of time and must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach and lift while performing their required job duties. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

AMBERS BLUEBERRY FARM & NURSERY, LLC

Location:

WAYNESBORO, MS 39367

Worksite

Address:

AMBER'S BLUEBERRY FARM & NURSERY, LLC 515 CHICORA RIVER RD., WAYNESBORO, MS 39367

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22356-656945

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Employer may offer payment through check, direct deposit, or cash card. When multiple options are given the employee can choose how to receive wages.

Date Posted:

1/6/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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