Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all of the following job specifications:

Committee Meeting/ Training - Worker will be attend meeting for farm committee or farm training topic(s)

Lay pipe - Connecting and installing aluminum pipe at various points in fields for frost protection of crops.

Stand/Pound Stakes - Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a tomato stake between every 2 tomato plants. Each stake must remain upright. Repeat process through entire rows and field. Using manual hammers, worker must place opening over stake and pound stake into the ground also 12" - 14".

Tying - Attaching a small box of string to one's waist with belt and in one hand using a tying stick in the other hand, attach string to the tying stick. Then take the tying stick and looping string around the tomato stake and standing tomato plant between stakes and pulling string tight to hold the plant up between stakes. Continue process for each tomato stake and plant for entire tomato field on both sides of the tomato plant. This task will require the removal of empty boxes and trash from field at the end of the tying process.

Weeding - Workers is required to walk field areas directed by management and hand pull weeds from fields and place at directed spots on field.

Pull Plastic - Worker is to pull plastic from row & drip tape and place at end of field or walkways.

Pulling (Removing) Stakes - Worker removes stakes from ground and places into bundles, straps around bundles and tightens straps before placing on the fields.

Cutting String - Cutting string from plant bed or field, gathering string to the ends of the field or walkways.