Farmworker/laborer
Employer
7629 S. Scottdale Road
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
United States
Job description
Job requires worker to complete tasks in in general farm labor, general farm labor for green beans, packing of green beans, and vineyard maintenance. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: packing house set-up and preparation for Employer produce only; assemble 1-bushel wooden crates, plastic bins, reusable plastic containers, and other green bean containers; pack green beans to quality standards; clean trailers, packing house, farm buildings, containers, and equipment; drive and operate a forklift, tractor, or other farm vehicle as directed on farm property only; hoe or pull weeds; general maintenance and repairs of packing house and farm equipment and facilities; and vineyard maintenance tasks, including training new vines, putting vine protectors onto plants, trimming, removing suckers, thinning, and general repairs of posts and wire.
Pay will be hourly.
Special Requirements
3 verifiable months commercial vegetable experience required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers establishing acceptable prior experience from within previous 3 years.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period.
Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures.
Drug testing may be required if worker is involved in workplace injury resulting in damage to property or injury to others. Worker agrees to testing as a condition of employment. Testing done at employers expense and not utilized as a pre-employment tool.