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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

15

Job Duties:

Crops: Figs, Tomatoes, Squash, Peppers, Peas, Okra, Beans, Potatoes, Cucumbers, Peaches, Corn, Greens, Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Pumpkins, Onions, Strawberries, Blackberries, Muscadines, Peanuts, eggplant, cabbage, Collards, Turnips, plums, and nectarines. The following description of job activities applies to Peaches, Plums, Muscadines, Nectarines and Figs. Harvest: Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color. In some instances, fruit harvest will be done from a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is then taken to transport vehicles and placed on the ATV and taken to the cooler truck. Workers will take care to not spill or bruise the fruit in the container. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, or to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designed supervisor. Cherries are harvested mechanically and not harvested by hand. Pruning Standard: When pruning just about anything, including apple trees, here is a list of situations you always want to prune out a. Suckers, b. Stubs or broken branches, c. Downward-growing branches, d. Rubbing or crisscrossing branches, e. Upward growing interior branches, f. Competing leaders, g. Narrow crotches, h. Whorls Pruning: While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw, pruners, chain saws, loppers, and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker’s wages. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the size of the tree and the need for the pruning. Workers must take care not to damage limbs that are not being pruned. Workers must prune trees according to the above reference requirements. In some instances, pruning will be done from a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. Workers must remove all resulting materials from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment middles. Thinning Standards: Workers will start with one branch and work systematically around the tree, leaving the largest and healthiest fruit (looking for fruit that is poorly developed, insect damaged, or with scabs, and scars). For clusters, select the smallest least healthy fruit and thin to one or two fruits. Clusters growing under the branch remove, as these will not get the sunlight and airflow required for developing a quality apple.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

All applicants must have at least 1 months experience as a farm worker on a commercial fruit & vegetable farm. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

J Calvert Farms

Company Name:

Jeremy Calvert

Location:

Bremen, AL 35033

Worksite

Address:

30 County Rd 260, Cullman, AL 35057

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23347-564955

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/15/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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