Farmworker/laborer
Employer
16321 40th Ave
Coopersville, MI 49404
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: plant, thin, prune, trim, train, tie, stake, and other general care of crops; establish new orchards and crop areas; general farm, field, and grounds maintenance and clean-up; remove weeds; paint tree trunks; install and maintain irrigation system; install and maintain trellis system; install and maintain plastic mulch and drip tape retrieval; apply pheromones in orchards; operate tractors; drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farmworkers; remove old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks; repair and maintain farm buildings, fences, and other structures; clean, sanitize and maintain farm tools, equipment and bins; hand harvest to quality standards apples, cherries, hot peppers, peaches, round tomato, tomatillo, corn, strawberries, blueberries, and cucurbits; grade and sort employer product only to quality standards.
Pay will be hourly.
Special Requirements
Job requires worker to complete tasks in General Farm Labor; Hand Harvest of: Apples, Cherries, Hot Peppers, Peaches, Round Tomato, Tomatillo, Corn, Strawberries, Blueberries, and Cucurbits (Yellow Squash, Grey Squash, Winter Squash, Zucchini, etc.). Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Experience Requirement: 3 verifiable months of commercial hand harvest experience of vegetable or tree fruit required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Drug test conducted at employer's expense and not utilized as pre-employment tool.