Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Field/Farm Worker: The Farm Worker performs general duties on the farm to ensure the overall quality of a farm is maintained by performing physical labor and operating machinery under the supervision of the ranch manager.

Essential Functions: Plants, cultivates, harvests crops on the diversified-crop farm. Rides on planter machine or manually planting by digging furrow and covering after seed drop. Weeds or thin plants using hoe or gardening tools. Positions, ties leaves, prunes limbs, runners, buds from vines, on plants such as cucumber (all cucurbits), beans or all vine crops to work towards market-quality development. Sets irrigation line, checks for leaks, flushes out debris and repairs lines to irrigate seedlings for successful growth. Harvests crops using appropriate methods, such as picking, pulling, cleaning, cutting, sorting, bagging, boxing, and transporting to the facility for market ready product finish. May also drive and operate farm machines to grow and harvest any combination of crops the farm grows. Helps to safely attach farm implements such as plow/harrow, disk, bed shaper, roll tiller, fertilizer hopper, seed driller/planter, manure/sand spreader and soil spreader. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Nursery Worker: The Nursery Worker performs general duties on the farm to ensure the overall quality of a farm is maintained by performing physical labor and operating machinery under the supervision of the ranch manager. Essential Functions: • Loads, unloads, prepares and sanitizes seedling trays • Screening and mixing of farm compost • Plants into seed bed either manually or semi-manually • Rides on planter machine to drop seedlings in furrow spouts. • Weeds or thin plants using hoe or gardening tools. • Positions, ties leaves, prunes limbs, runners, buds from vines, on plants such as cucumber (all cucurbits), beans or all vine crops to work towards market-quality development. • Harvests crops using appropriate methods, such as picking, pulling, cleaning, cutting, sorting, bagging, boxing, and transporting to the facility for market ready product finish. • May also drive and operate farm machines to grow and harvest any combination of crops the farm grows. • Helps to safely attach farm implements such as plow/harrow, disk, bed shaper, roll tiller, fertilizer hopper, seed driller/planter, manure/sand spreader and soil spreader.

Tractor Operator / Land Prep: The Tractor/Farm Equipment Operator contributes to the efficiency of the farming fields by driving and controlling farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate and harvest crops. The Tractor/Farm Equipment Operator may also operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks. Essential Functions: • Operating tractors and other farm equipment safely and efficiently. • Performs inspections of tractors and attachments to ensure they are well lubricated and in good working condition. • Safely attaches farm implements such as plow/harrow, disk, bed shaper, roll tiller, fertilizer hopper, seed driller/planter, manure/sand spreader and soil spreader. • Determines and adjusts tractor speed and implements to fit condition of grounds such as the depth, row width and field markers. • Monitors machine operations to ensure optimum operations. • May need to use tractors to help transport materials and pull or push agricultural equipment. • Operating tractors and farm equipment to help prepare fields.

Special Requirements

3 months of verifiable prior farm work experience with corn, melon, cucumber, onion, zucchini, watermelon or pumpkin is required. Employer reserves the right to conduct employer-paid random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing in accordance with state law. Any employee who declines to take or fails a drug test will be immediately terminated.