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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

25

Job Duties:

CROPS: CORN, ALFALFA, HAY, STRAW, SILAGE OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TRACTOR, GRADER, TRACK HOE, BACKHOE, LOADER, OR SKID STEER, PRODUCTIVELY, EFFICIENTLY, AND SAFELY. INSPECT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT IN A SAFE AND PROPER WAY IN ORDER TO AVOID ACCIDENTS OR UNDUE MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR WORK. PERFORM MECHANICAL DUTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON EQUIPMENT, OIL CHANGES, AND IMPLEMENT REPAIRS. GREASES, OILS, AND PERFORMS MINOR REPAIRS ON EQUIPMENT, USING GREASE GUN, OILCANS, AND HAND TOOLS. PERFORM CROP CULTIVATION TASKS INCLUDING PLOWING, PLANTING, SPRAYING, IRRIGATING, FERTILIZING, HARVESTING, AND HAULING. PLANT SEEDS. PICK, CUT, LIFT, OR PULL CROPS. INSTALL/MAINTAIN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND WATER LINES. MOVE AND INSTALL IRRIGATION PIPES AND EQUIPMENT. APPLY PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES, FUNGICIDES, AND OTHER CROP PROTECTANTS. APPLY FERTILIZERS, PLANT GROWTH CHEMICALS, CONDITIONERS, AND OTHER PLANT RELATED TREATMENTS AT THE CORRECT TIMES DEPENDING ON PLANT TYPE, GROWTH, CLIMATE, AND CROP CONDITIONS. MOW, CUT, AND WEED FIELDS. PERFORM DITCHING, SHOVELING, HOEING, HAULING, GROUND PREPARATION, AND OTHER MANUAL TASKS. BENDING, STOOPING, AND KNEELING REQUIRED. USE HAND TOOLS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOES, SHOVELS, SHEARS, CLIPPERS, LOPPERS, AND SAWS. LIFT, CARRY, AND LOAD/UNLOAD PRODUCTS OR SUPPLIES. ASSIST WITH FARM BUILDING/FIELD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. WORKERS WITH A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD (NO MAJOR MOVING VIOLATIONS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR RECKLESS DRIVING) AND ABLE TO OBTAIN AN INSURABLE DRIVER'S LICENSE MAY OPERATE COMPANY VEHICLES. WORKERS WITH APPROPRIATE LICENSES AND A VALID DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE MAY TRANSPORT OTHER WORKERS. THE EMPLOYER ATTESTS THAT THESE WORKERS WILL BE PROPERLY TRAINED BY THE FARM MANAGER WHO HAS A VALID PRIVATE APPLICATOR LICENSE WHICH IS THE STANDARD PURSUANT TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (WSDA). FURTHERMORE, THE FARM MANAGER WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS UNDERSTAND ALL CHEMICAL LABELS, SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS, AND APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS PURSUANT TO WSDA.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

3 months experience general machine operation (tractors). Employer-paid post-hire, random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing required. Any worker who declines to take or fails a mandatory drug test will be terminated. Workers testing positive will be immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked, if any. In the case of a non-local or foreign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug or alcohol test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. Employer requires all-newly hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid background check due to proximity to children visiting the farm. All background checks are conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Workers with a clean MVR and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to drive company vehicles.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Kaleca, Inc.

Location:

Mesa, WA 99343

Worksite

Address:

6320 Russell Road, Mesa, WA 99343

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24341-522695

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/10/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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