Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will fulfill the following duties:

Harvesting Potatoes: Using hands and picking up potato off ground and placing into harvest sacks. Once sack is filled, worker must carry the 30-50 lbs. sack and place onto the harvest vehicle in the field and repeat the procedure. Workers must follow all harvest guideline request of the type, size and quality instructed by supervisor in the field.

Farm packing of Potato crop: The worker will be required to do the following tasks: Grading, Packing, box making, cleaning, sanitation, stacking, dumping, strapping, repacking, stickering, trimming and cutting with knives and scissors located at the packing house on the farm.

Harvest Dumper: Harvest dumper is required to stand on top of; or on the side of, harvesting containers and receive full harvest buckets that are being tossed to the harvest dumper from the harvesting employees. Bucket produce will be dumped into various types of harvesting containers. After harvest dumper receives and empties the contents into the appropriate container; the harvest dumper will return the empty bucket to the harvesting employee. The harvest dumper will monitor the cleanliness of the containers and remove any additional vegetation from produce inside the harvest containers and toss unwanted vegetation to the ground. As containers reach full capacity, the harvest dumper will stack, if needed, an additional container (weighing approximately 60 - 80 lbs.) on top of the full container and continue the process.

Operating Harvest Farm Equipment: The worker is required to operate a tractor and mule train from work site to farm loading destination during scheduled workdays. The worker is required to perform a maintained record and logs of all inspections required of equipment operating. The worker is required to maintain the equipment by checking on vehicle fluids and adding fluids when necessary and checking and maintaining air pressure and adding air if needed. Maintain vehicle clean and clean inside as needed.

General Labor: The worker is to help on farm daily task. Move equipment on farm, move portable bathrooms to designated location, fill water kegs with water and ice and provide it to workers using harvest vehicles. Required to remove potatoes left by harvesters and place in containers during harvest.

Special Requirements

Drug/Alcohol Testing: E-Berry Harvest may conduct criminal background and/or drug screening at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug screening is grounds for termination.