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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

18

Job Duties:

Coffee Worker will work performing various tasks in weed and vine control, irrigation, pruning, harvesting or wet/dry coffee processing depending on seasonal business need. - May operate a tractor with various interchangeable attachments to perform required work such as spraying, disking, mowing, digging, applying fertilizers, or moving materials. - If operating a tractor with interchangeable attachments to perform required work such as pesticide spraying, mowing, disking, digging, or spreading materials can control attachments to achieve the desired results and makes necessary adjustments as needed. Connects and disconnects attachments as required. - Operates an All-Terrain-Vehicle, (ATV) as needed to perform required work such as spraying or spreading of pesticides and fertilizers, operating, inspecting, or maintaining drip irrigation systems in assigned fields, perform hand/mechanical weeding of noxious and invasive weeds and vines. - Utilizes personal protective equipment when handling, mixing, or applying pesticides that require their use. - Makes out daily reports as required by the supervisor such as using field maps marking areas worked, recording gallons of spray materials used, and hours worked. Recording tensiometer readings, flow meter readings, reservoir levels and weather data. - Operates motor vehicle equipped with two-way radio to perform work assignments. - Operates and assists in the maintenance of pumps, filters, gasoline engines and related irrigation equipment. - Inspects assigned fields and does repairs when malfunctioning pipes, fittings, low pressure, plugged tubing, or other problems prevents proper irrigation applications. - Maintains and operates chemical treating equipment used in treating irrigation water to minimize plugging. - Cuts down and removes noxious/invasive weeds in the orchard with use of brush cutters, sickles, hedgers, and various other tools. Uses a knapsack to spot spray weeds. - Obeys standard safety regulations and Federal worker protection standards (WPS). - Will complete Worker Protection Training as well as any other Company directed training. - Does other related work as required or directed by supervisor. - Operates, sets, and adjusts equipment used during the coffee harvest operation. - Responsible for proper operation and assigned daily settings of coffee harvester or coffee nabber. - Responsible for daily maintenance, servicing, and cleaning of coffee harvesting equipment. - Performs various tasks in repair and adjustment of coffee harvesting equipment used during coffee harvest season. - Directs loader operators to the location for unloading. The operator directs and assists helpers in removing obstructions from the path of the picker, clearing trash from the conveyors, and monitoring quality of fruit picked. - Operates, controls, and adjusts Wet and Dry Coffee Plant equipment to maximize throughput with the minimum of losses while maximizing green bean quality in conformance with State of Hawaii, Department of Agriculture standards for Kauai Coffee Grades (Standards). - Feeds, regulates the flow of cherries into and adjusts coffee cherry washing, cherry separation, pulping, demucilaging and drying equipment. - Loads or directs the loading of coffee dryers, monitors dryer operating temperatures and coffee moisture levels, terminates the drying process at predetermined coffee moisture levels, unloads dryers, ensures the proper identification and storage of dry parchment coffee. - Retrieves or directs the retrieval from storage, parchment or green bean coffee for processing, re-bagging, or shipment. Feeds parchment coffee or green bean coffee into appropriate locations of the plant. - Adjusts, operates conveying, de-stoner, hulling, polishing, sizing, density sorting and color sorting equipment to ensure efficient, effective operation of the equipment to produce

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Must have 3 months verifiable experience working on a coffee farm. Drug testing is conducted at employer's expense: pre-employment/post hire, upon reasonable suspicion, post-accident and at random or periodically to ensure worker safety and drug-free workplace. Must be proficient in reading, writing, speaking and taking instructions in the English language. Must also be capable of lifting 100-pound coffee bags to shoulder height repetitively.

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Global Ag Services Inc.

Location:

Kekaha, HI 96752

Worksite

Address:

1 Numila Rd, Kalaheo, HI 96741

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24179-155310

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

7/19/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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