- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 48
- Job Duties:
- Duties may vary from time to time. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Perform manual labor. Watermelons- Workers will harvest, cut, and pick watermelons in the field. Duties also include tying, loading and unloading stakes, cleaning, loading and unloading harvested products, and pulling weeds. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel and quality to endure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel, and field pack. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Measure weigh and count products and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Workers must perform manual labor to pull plastic from the field and load onto a trailer. Removal of irrigation equipment. Clean and maintain work area. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include applying fertilizers, transplanting, pulling weeds, raking, cleaning around shed area, thinning, or pruning crops, cleaning, grading, and packing harvested products. Workers will also do staking, tying, loading, removing, and unloading of stakes. Workers will also be expected to do COVID related cleaning and sanitizing in housing and vehicles. May repair fences and farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Duties will also include operating forklift, assisting mechanics.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse