Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Hot wax peppers, pumpkins, squash:

-Use a shovel to place dirt on top of plastic every 20ft to prevent mulch from blowing out.
-Lay out lay flat, cutting spaghettis, and installing spaghettis into lay flat. Flush out valves and repair drip tape leaks by installing a coupler onto drip tape to fix the leak.
-Sitting on an implement pulled by a tractor, carefully removing one plant at a time from a plastic tray, dropping one plant per planting cup. Walk behind the implement to plant any missed spaces by planter manually. Ensure there is only one plant per planting slot.
-Install wire hoops 4ft in length into the ground used to hold up the string. This job requires workers to bend over constantly.
-Run string along plants and tie string to hoops. This prevents plants from falling over and or prevents sunburn. This job requires the worker to bend over constantly.
-Walk through the field and pull weeds by hand. The worker must ensure that there is no damage done to the plant when pulling weeds.
-Pick peppers, squash, and pumpkins by hand into a wheelbarrow/conveyer belt, pushing the wheelbarrow through field rows, and emptying peppers in the wheelbarrow into plastic bins at the end of every row. -The worker must be able to push a wheelbarrow that weighs approx. 100lbs through rows in the field; this job is physically demanding, so it is only suitable for physically fit individuals.

Special Requirements

This application is for peppers, squash, pumpkins, apples, pears, hops, alfalfa and barley. This job requires growing, maintaining, and harvesting all crops. All jobs may be performed from a motorized platform, the ground, or a ladder. There are general conditions of employment, general job specifications, and individual requirements that are specific to each job duty. Workers may be required to lift or load up to 60 lbs. continually. Workers with a clean MVR and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to drive company vehicles. Eligible workers may be asked to drive other workers. No workers will be terminated for failure to obtain a drivers license.