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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

19

Job Duties:

Crops: Asparagus, Rhubarb, Strawberries, peas, beets, kale, lettuce, swiss chard, broccoli, zucchini, summer squash, kohlrabi, sweet cherries, sour cherries, cucumbers, snap beans, eggplant, sweet corn, peaches, melon, garlic, plums, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, apples, pumpkins, cauliflower, winter squash. Workers will perform any combination of duties consistent with harvesting quality fruit and vegetables. Workers will have to conduct general orchard work including but not limited to field work, pruning and maintenance of fields, trees, and farm equipment. The worker will also maintain the exterior around property building, sweep and clean, and maintain building, hand mowing, and weed whacking around property. Requires general agricultural work and heavy lifting. Must be physically able to perform job specification. The employer will provide tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. All fields are owned and controlled by the employer and the employer is not FLC. Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. Must display the ability to move, place, climb and work from orchard ladders up to 16 feet in height, making the necessary adjustments for various procedures while carrying up to 30 pounds. Harvest Productivity Standards: Workers must maintain a 5% or better bruising rate. Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Produce: Workers will plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees. Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivation (including pruning and thinning) and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers will till soil, plant stock, and do pruning activities using a variety of tools. Workers will aid in irrigation duties. Will aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size, and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into ¾ bushel baskets taking the extra time, care and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

All workers should have at least 3 months experience hand harvesting fruit on a commercial farm. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing post hire at no cost to the employee post hire. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Kirby’s Farm Market, LLC

Location:

Albion , NY 14411

Worksite

Address:

3630 Rich’s Corner’s Rd, Albion, NY 14411

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25051-710045

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/24/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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