Farmworker/laborer
Employer
12301 Hart Street NE
Greenville, MI 48838
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to complete the following activities: general orchard maintenance; weeding; shoveling; hoeing; 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 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 apples to quality standards and maintain count; laying mylar; install and maintain trellis; repair deer fence; install and maintain irrigation systems and drain tile; complete general hand tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old trees, string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, picking up sticks, rocks and brush throughout the 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 within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard care and hand harvest of apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Drug testing not utilized as pre-employment tool.
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.