Farmworker/laborer
Employer
53138 Townhall Rd.
Dowagiac, MI 49047
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: hoe or pull weeds; hook up and repair irrigation; general repairs, clean and sanitize harvest buckets, bags, bins, and equipment; conduct pruning activities; conduct various farm and field clean up tasks such as raking brush, picking up rocks and roots and mowing grass on farm property; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and irrigation; operate trucks, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; spray crops with tractor and spray attachment on farm premises only; hand harvest to quality standards apples; packing activities of Employer's produce only according to specifications; and apple general labor, including thinning, removing suckers or unwanted growths, trunk painting, planting trees, tying limbs and trees, and other general orchard maintenance and clean-up.
Special Requirements
Job requires worker to complete tasks in General Farm Labor for Apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Experience Requirement: 3 verifiable months commercial tree fruit and/or vegetable hand harvest experience required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers of the last 3 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Drug testing not utilized as pre-employment tool and is done at employer's expense.