- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 75
- Job Duties:
- Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches, & trenches. Irrigation maintenance. Remove debris from fields using hoes, shovels, baskets, etc. Manually plant, cultivate, harvest, count, load, & unload vegetables, produce horticultural specialties, and field crops (cucumbers, eggplant, & squash). Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives, & any other farm equipment related to planting, cultivating, & harvesting vegetables, watermelons, strawberries, and blueberries. Workers may repair fences and existing farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Duties may include tilling soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, pulling weeds, raking, cleaning around shed area, thinning/pruning crops, applying pesticides, cleaning, grading & packing harvested product. Packing takes place in the fields and in a packing house that is owned by Clear Springs Farms, LLC that is located on the farm. Watermelon - Perform manual labor to hand cut and pack watermelons. Use hand tools such as shears and knives. Duties also include cleaning, loading & unloading harvested products. Grade & sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, & quality to ensure correct processing & usage. Discard inferior/defective product, estimate their weight, visually, by feel. Place products in containers according to grade & mark grades on containers. Measure, weigh, & count products & materials. Examine & inspect containers, materials, & products to ensure packing specifications are met.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse