Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop

Job description

Citrus Harvesting: Harvesting citrus fruit by hand under supervisor’s instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over his shoulder and carry an 18’ to 20’ ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A full loaded sack weighs between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock of fruit or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub.
Qualified employers may be required to drive agriculture machinery.
Planting citrus trees: by hand under supervisor’s instructions, planting a tree at a tree space where a tree has been removed the worker will dig a hole 3 feet on each side of the removed tree in line with the other trees in the same row (clear weeds if needed) the hole must be 14 inches deep and 5 inches round, place soil that has been removed from the hole evenly around the hole, evenly sprinkle 1 pound of young tree fertilizer on the soil around the hole, remove the tree from the citrus pot over the hole, place tree in the hole at ground level so potting mix is even with the ground, use your hand to pack the soil with the fertilizer into the hole firmly around the tree, water the tree around the roots (1 gallon or more) place more soil around the tree roots after watering. Workers must be able to lift at least 70 lbs.
Place pot as sprout inhibitor and tree protector: Notch the bottom of the pot and slip in over the tree, place the micro sprinkler between the newly planted trees in the reset space. Do a quality job when planting citrus trees, proper placement and proper planting.
General Field Caretaking: Vaccinating trees, removal of debris, repair irrigation and other grove maintenance.
Blueberry Planting: While carrying a bag of blueberry plants, worker will walk down row, while bending, and place one or two plants into each hole in the plastic as instructed and firm dirt around plant.
Blueberry Harvesting: by hand, the worker will walk down the berry field rows where the blueberry will be harvested. The worker will place a 1 gallon picking bucket with a strap over his/her shoulder from the field truck to the particular area of the field where the fruit will be harvested. The 1 gallon picking bucket is a canvas, equipped with a shoulder strap for support. Worker positions him/herself in front of the berry tree and will remove the fruit from the tree and place into the 1 gallon picking bucket taking care not to break any limbs, damage the tree, or knock off the fruit. When the 1 gallon picking bucket is full the worker will take it to the truck at the end of the row where the worker will unload the fruit into a small tub or container.
Field Maintenance: workers will tie, stake and prune plants, clean micro jets, assist with irrigation maintenance or installation and remove plastic drip lines, using hands or a hoe worker will remove dead plants and weeds.

Nursery
The Specialized Farm Labor position includes the planting, growing, maintenance, and packing of plant material. All workers are required to adhere to important safety, quality and production standards alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers.
Primary Responsibilities include:

Special Requirements

This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning.