- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 24
- Job Duties:
- Workers will be required to perform all duties necessary to propagate, plant, grow, harvest a variety of produce. Pre-harvest activities may include preparation of soil for planting using fertilizer, additives, and mulch. Prior to harvest produce and prepared growing areas will require hoeing, staking, tying, pruning, weeding, irrigation, removing culls, rock picking, and any additional duties required for the planting, harvest, marketing, and general care of produce. Harvested produce will be placed in containers, as applicable, such as sacks, boxes, bins, baskets, etc. Workers will discard rotted or unacceptable produce and all other unwanted debris before placing in containers. Workers will load containers of harvested produce onto trailers, attached to tractors, and haul the
harvested produce from fields to instructed locations. Produce will be ready for harvest as applicable to specific produce such as size, color, shape, and maturity. Workers will begin harvest of crops at a various times from spring to end of fall as required and at supervisor's instruction. Extreme care not to bruise or damage produce must be taken at all times. Workers will pack produce, load/unload trucks, and stack containers for storage or market. work site must be cleaned daily. Tools and equipment must be cleaned or repaired as applicable. Workers may be required to perform additional activities such as mow/bale hay or sod, dig ditches, clean/repair fences, cut firewood, move rock piles, feed/care for farm animals, work with irrigation systems, maintain grounds and buildings, operate tractor and other farm equipment, and other duties necessary on farm/worksite as required by employer. Must have job experience working on farm and be physically able to perform all job activities required.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse