Farm Laborer
Employer
Alamo Bear Farm 1212 E Earling Rd.
Alamo, TX 78516
United States
Job description
Harvesting of fresh cut greens including kale, collards, turnip tops, mustard greens, onions, and melons. Field packing, operating farm equipment, shed packing, fresh-cut processing, and other
agricultural operations related to the production of fruit and vegetable production, including but not limited to greens, onions, and melons. Workers will also grade, clean, wash, sort, pack, package, and stack fresh-cut bagged products and melons.
Work may be performed during light rain and in high humidity and in temperatures up to 110 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in field when plants are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including loading of product.
Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect workers ability to perform the work described herein. Workers may also drive farm trucks and tractors, and perform light maintenance. Not all workers are requested to drive or maintain equipment. Those that are requested to drive will be required to possess an appropriate license. No one will be rejected for the position that does not possess a drivers license.
Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary and GAP 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 fields or for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations.
Workers will perform various duties all associated with cultivation and harvesting of greens and melons. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops. Worker will place, not drop, product into harvest container and when full carry container to the designated area and either exchange for empty container or empty container then return to row and repeat process.
Weekly and hourly work schedules in Boxes A.6 and A.7 are merely approximate; actual hours will depend on weather and needs of the growers. Workers may work in shifts/crews starting at 7 am.
Special Requirements
None