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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

16

Job Duties:

GENERAL FARM LABOR: Worker will be required to hoe or pull weeds as directed by supervisor. For staking tomatoes and specialty variety peppers, workers will stake with 12 to 96 inch stakes by hand with stake pounders weighing up to 20 pounds. Workers may also stake with air driven machines. Worker will sprout young shoots on the tomato plant as needed for optimum plant potential. Workers will pull out of ground and pick up 12 to 96 inch in length tomato stakes and place them in approved container. Worker will hook up and repair vegetable and apple irrigation. Worker will repair, clean and sanitize harvest buckets, bags, bins, and equipment as instructed. Workers will conduct pruning activities. Workers will conduct various farm and field clean up tasks such as raking brush, picking up rocks and roots and mowing grass on farm property as directed. 1. Driving: If worker is eligible to drive under Michigan law, worker may be required to drive employer provided transportation to and from worksites. To be eligible for driving job, worker must understand and agree to driving rules, as outlined in work rules below. 2. Tractor/Forklift/Farm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate tractors, forklifts and other farm equipment related to the production of the crop. Worker will be required to load, unload and transport produce as directed by supervisor 3. Plastic Laying: Worker will ride the machine monitoring the rolls of plastic as the machine creates the row of plastic. Workers on ends of rows will hold plastic as machine moves away down row unrolling plastic. Worker will cut the plastic at end of row, use a shovel to place plastic into ground and make the rows even and straight, and also will conduct clean-up activities. Worker will unload plastic and drip-tape from truck and load plastic and drip- tape on plastic machine as needed. Workers may be asked at times to jointly lift up to 90 pounds of plastic from truck. 4. Spray Applicator: Worker may be required to help fill and apply pesticide applications during the course of field operations in connection with the production of the crops. Before any worker is required to do this job, worker will be trained with the latest WPS Handler training and will be instructed in the proper use of all the equipment. Workers will be required to operate tractors and equipment as instructed by supervisor and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Failure to obey operating and safety instructions will result in progressive disciplinary action described in attached work rules. 5. Tree Labor: Worker will engage in planting, pruning, walk behind mowing, spraying, digging, harvesting, and cutting activities for trees. Worker will operate the tree digger machine to dig and place trees in burlap netting as instructed by supervisor. Worker will construct burlap netting for trees to be wrapped in as advised by supervisor. Once the tree digger has placed the tree in the netting, the worker will pin and tie the burlap netting around the trees as directed by supervisor. Worker will load trees onto truck and unload the trees as instructed by supervisor.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Job requires worker to complete tasks in Farm Labor and Hand Harvest of Apples, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cherries, Christmas Trees, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Green Beans, Herbs, Peaches, Pea Pods, Pears, Peppers, Plums, Pumpkins, Raspberries, Squash, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Wild Flowers and Zucchini, and Packing of Apples. Experience Requirement: 3 months of verifiable hand harvest experience in tree fruit required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience. Drug testing done at employers expense and not utilized as preemployment tool.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Blake's Orchard, Inc.

Location:

Armada, MI 48005

Worksite

Address:

17985 Armada Center Rd, Armada, MI 48005

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23355-585554

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Wage offered is current AEWR

Date Posted:

1/4/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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