Farmworker, Laborer
Employer
121 Ferry Street
Van Buren, ME 04785
United States
Job description
Workers will perform general farm duties, such as manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables including; thinning and weeding plants using hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes and rakes. Workers will dig, cut, pick, bunch, clean and grade, and package crops by hand. Workers must take care to not scar or bruise vegetables during harvesting and/or packing process. Workers must be able to lift, load, and unload 50 pound crates/boxes of harvested vegetables. Workers may perform maintenance activities on buildings and equipment such as washing, painting, minor repairs or routine maintenance. Duties may include ground keeping around the farm such as landscaping, mowing, organizing, and participate in farm and field clean up. Workers will need to have a minimum 3 months prior experience with general farming and harvesting and/or packing vegetables.
The employer does in fact need (4) workers to perform the duties listed on the job application, and to further clarify, the duties performed in Feb and March, by all 4 workers, is the inspecting, grading, packaging, and packing of potatoes there were harvested in the late fall and stored in cold storage. The potatoes are in high demand and sold February through April and is the lifeblood of this farm. The workers also clean and maintain equipment and machinery utilized in this process as required for health and safety standard. Furthermore, during the months of February and March, the workers do perform ground prep with fertilizers and prep and cut potatoes for the spring seeding season.
Special Requirements
Hours listed in Section A.6 are the anticipated hours to be worked. The employer may offer additional work hours or these hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor, and or productivity. Use of electronic devices during work hours is restricted to emergencies only.