Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop

Job description

Field worker. Hand-harvest vine-ripened tomatoes. Grade, sort, and pack tomatoes grown on the farm. Hand-harvest and field pack (wash, sort, grade and box) squash and zucchini. May pick under-sized green tomatoes to strip field at the end of harvest. Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. May load and unload harvested tomatoes, squash and zucchini with a forklift or pallet jack. Prepare soil for planting, plant, transplant, cultivate and harvest crops. Load and unload crops and farm materials. May operate and perform minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements and equipment. May repair fences, greenhouses, farm buildings and other structures, or perform irrigation activities. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Wash and sanitize picking containers and picking knives. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings, ponds, grass waterways, fields, under fences and farm roadside edges. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer?s fields) during the workday. May upload scanner used in the field to the main system. May collect information and complete work logs to collect information from workers about activities in the field. May inventory farm chemicals and person protective equipment and notify supervisor. May fertilize and spray with backpack sprayers. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver?s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result required before starting work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in field. Must not hinder another worker?s productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to work entire contract period. Workers are expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or worker?s supervisor.

Workers plant, cultivate, and hand-harvest vegetables. Workers may be required to remove weeds from plants using either a hoe, or by hand. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately 60 lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Workers must take care not to bruise or scar produce. Perform pre-harvest field activities such as laying plastic, planting, pruning, staking, hammering, tying, stuffing suckers, fixing stakes, covering and uncovering crops, irrigation and weeding. Perform post-harvest field activities such as pulling plastic, loading plastic into compactor, stake puller, cutting string and field clean up. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Continued.

Special Requirements

Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result required before starting work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in field. Must not hinder another workers productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to work entire contract period. Workers are expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or workers supervisor.