Farm Worker

Job description

Crops/Commodities: sweet corn, onions, asparagus.

This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience harvesting or packing fresh vegetables, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statements establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will prepare fields for planting, including but not limited to picking roots, rocks, and other debris, weeding and clearing cull stock, and brush. Workers will pick appropriate-sized sweet corn, as directed by the supervisor, pack into containers, lift containers onto pallets, and transport pallets of sweet corn to the cooling shed. Workers will weed, clip and sort onions, and lift bags of onions onto machine for field transportation. Workers may sort onions in the packing facility. Workers will plant, harvest, and pack asparagus.

Workers may assist with irrigation; assist with general maintenance of farm properties, outbuilding, and perform end-of-season clean-up fields. Work may also include mechanized fieldwork using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation, power equipment may consist of tractors and other equipment. Workers are expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction.

Work is for long periods of time. Workers will stand for long periods of time, repetitively lifting up to 60 pounds, throughout the workday. Position requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc., may affect the worker's ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.

Special Requirements

This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience harvesting or pack fresh vegetables, handling both manual and machine task associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.
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Este trabajo requiere un mnimo de tres meses de experiencia previa en la cosecha o empaque de vegetales frescos, en el manejo de tareas manuales y mecnicas asociadas con la produccin de productos bsicos y las actividades de cosecha. Sbado trabajo requerido. Debe ser capaz de levantar/cargar 60 libras.