- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 5
- Job Duties:
- Perform any combination of the following tasks required in the production and the bringing-to-market of citrus, berries, mixed vegetables, and flowers. These tasks include (but are not limited to): the operation, adjustment, repair, and servicing of farm machinery to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest crops; the irrigation of crops; the operation, maintenance, and repair of varied types of wells and pumps; mechanical weeding using long-handled hand tools/removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; the installation, removal, and storage of pipe from fields; the manual planting/care/picking/harvesting of varied crops; the packing of varied crops; the delivery of crops to market via refrigerated vehicles; on-farm preparation of beds and fields, including grading, application of mulch/compost, installation of decomposed granite. Incidental work with livestock (Chickens, Sheep, possibly duck) includes egg collection, feeding/watering. This season is the prime specialty citrus season. As such, Old Grove needs the help of qualified workers in citrus.
Qualified workers may drive trucks to/from specified destinations, maneuvering said trucks into and out of loading and unloading positions. Workers must possess the ability to regularly climb up and down, on, into and out of tractor and trailers; assist with the loading and unloading of vehicles; clean soiled lights, windows and mirrors; add oil and engine fuel as needed. These workers must possess valid driver's licenses and may also drive other types of company vehicles.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse