Farmworker/laborer
Employer
5567 Swamp Road
Frankfort, MI 49635
United States
Job description
FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities: general field, vineyard and orchard maintenance; weeding; shoveling; hoeing; fertilize; mulch; hedge; trunk painting; mowing; hand fertilizing; thinning; pruning; grafting; tying limbs; planting or transplanting fruit trees; blossom removal; seeding orchard; install tree screens/grow tubes; drive and operate vehicles, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts; spray crops with backpack sprayer or tractor and spray attachment; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; conduct farm building repairs; complete harvest preparation tasks such as spreading liners in bins, wash and sanitize harvesting bins or repair harvesting bins; hand harvest to quality standards of apples, blueberries, sweet cherries, tart cherries, grapes; laying mylar; repair drain tile; trellis system install, maintenance and removal; repair deer fence; irrigation systems install and maintenance; vineyard canopy management; complete general hand tasks to include picking up garbage around the field/vineyard/orchard, removing old trees, string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks/fields, picking up sticks, rocks and brush throughout the field/orchard; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks at end of season.
Special Requirements
Experience Requirement: 2 verifiable months of commercial tree fruit hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers establishing acceptable prior experience within the past 3 years.
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard/vineyard/field care and hand harvest of apples, blueberries, sweet cherries and grapes. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
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 Screen not utilized as pre-employment tool.