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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

45

Job Duties:

Workers will record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. Harvest plants, and transplant and label them. Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping. Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease. Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs. Trap and destroy pests, such as moles, gophers, and mice, using traps. Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels. Workers will use tractors and implements to prepare soil, plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. Workers will remove weeds using hoes, shovels, and by hand. Workers will harvest crops by digging, cutting, picking and bunch crops by hand and with mechanical harvesters. Workers will work in greenhouses and transplant plants to the field with mechanical transplanters as well as setting up and moving irrigation equipment as needed. Workers will wash and pack harvested crops both in the field and packing shed. Workers will perform general maintenance and repair of tools and equipment as needed. Workers will care for animals and maintain fences on an incidental basis.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Each worker must have 3 months verifiable experience driving tractors of 35 HP or more. Each worker must be able to make 60 bunches per hour when harvesting leafy greens.

Number of Hours Per Week:

44

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Harmony Valley Farm, LLC

Company Name:

Harmony Valley Farm, LLC

Location:

Viroqua, WI 54665

Worksite

Address:

S3442 Wire Hollow Road, Viroqua, WI 54665

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24011-635437

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/30/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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