- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 2
- Job Duties:
- Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off
farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place
around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach farmers’ fields
and/or transport workers to the grocery store, or bank on an as-needed basis). Load and unload
agricultural products into and out of trucks, and drive trucks for market delivery and/or storage facilities.
Not all workers are requested to drive; drivers will be required to possess a valid operator’s license. No
one will be rejected for the position that does not possess an operator’s license. May drive and operate
farm trucks and tractors. Manually seed, plant, transplant, cultivate, irrigate, & harvest by hand and
machine agricultural commodity including but not limited to onions, cilantro, herbs, hemp, forage crops,
vegetables, and other produce. Duties include yard clean-up and maintenance, field preparation by
tilling soil, applying fertilizers, applying spray, mulching, applying & removing plastic, field drainage,
stripping & drying, transplanting, weeding, thinning and pruning in the fields and/or greenhouses. Use
hand tools including but not limited to clippers, hammer, shovels, and knives. Repair, maintain, clean,
sanitize farm vehicles, tractors and implements and equipment, and buildings used in processing
produce. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings. Construct and repair pallets, boxes and
storage containers. Sort, dump, grade, clean, pack, load and unload produce. Lift, move, and place
pallets. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75lbs. on a consistent basis
throughout the day. While working in the field cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only.
Employer may conduct/require random drug or alcohol tests at employer’s expense after hiring, for the
safety of themselves and others as they will be operating machinery. Failure to comply with request or
testing positive will result in termination. Due to health & safety concerns on our farm workers must
understand basic instruction in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum
of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in his order. Hours listed in Section A.6 are the anticipated hours to be worked. These hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor and/or productivity.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators