- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 18
- Job Duties:
- Field preparation including weeding, shoveling, and hoeing, manually plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack all spring and summer fruits & vegetables. To include but not limited to strawberries, tomatoes, okra, blueberries, blackberries, melons, squash, pumpkins, & cucumbers. This includes transplanting, irrigating, pruning, stake & string on trellis, cut and stack firewood. This requires prolonged bending, stooping, and reaching must be able to lift minimum of 50 pounds. Workers must be fast with hands and very agile. Assemble shipping cartons, load & unload delivery trucks. Will be responsible for maintenance & repairs of irrigation system, & daily cleaning of work areas. Workers must preform work in extreme temperatures ranging from 32*F to 100*F Work varies from day to day depending on various crops. All tools and supplies will be provided by employer at no cost to worker.
*Strawberries: Pre-harvest: weed and remove dead leaves from plants, apply row covers for frost protection and remove accordingly. Harvest: pick berries in approved container load onto lading truck/trailer. Post-Harvest: remove plants plastic mulch, & irrigation lines by hand. New Crop: Preparation of fields including spreading fertilizer, laying plastic mulch and water lines, seeding the row middles.
*Blueberry and blackberries: prune, irrigate, & harvest.
*Okra: plant, maintain clean row centers, harvest in 5 gallon buckets, pack into 11 or 15 pound boxes, place in cooler.
*All other seasonal fruits, vegetables & melons: Plant seeds, transplant, lay plastic mulch, and water lines for irrigation. Plant, harvest, packing throughout spring and into mid summer.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse