Farmworker And Laborer

Job description

This application encompasses general farm and harvest labor on a row crop farm. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Worker and Laborer under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092 and may also fall under the Agricultural Equipment Operator 45-2091.
The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.
The employer requires three months of general farm labor and irrigation experience.

Duties may include:
- Digging ditch (must be able to use a shovel continuously for an extended period of time)
- Digging corrugates (must be able to use a shovel continuously for an extended period of time)
- Weeding (Must be able to walk long distances and identify weeds and remove them by hand, knife, or hoe)
- Weed Spraying (Identify weeds and be able to measure chemicals accurately, must be able to use and operate a spray unit, must be able to lift a backpack sprayer full of chemical and pack on your back for long distances, occasional ATV use.)
- Building cleaning and repair (Occasional shop organization and cleaning, and organize supplies, sweeping, painting, maintenance)
- Grounds Maintenance (Weed, organize, move objects, trash removal, brush removal, tree trimming)
- Light Tractor operation and maintenance (Occasional operation of equipment)
- Truck, tractor and farm machinery operation and maintenance (Identify potential problems and notify management, grease and maintain truck orderly, valid Driver's License.)
- Irrigation management (moving and starting siphon tubes, must be able to bend over and lift and carry 60 lbs.)
- Pickup operation (must have a valid driver's license, change oil, trap gophers, Identify potential problems and notify management)
- Sprinkler Equipment (must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs. over uneven terrain. for multiple hours per day, need to be able to connect and disconnect pipe, repair sprinkler system, flushing pipe, and remove system)
- Drip Equipment (must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs must be able to work around equipment, installation, removal of equipment and drip tape and repair of drip system)
- Moving produce for harvest prep (move onions out of corrugates and away from the ends to allow for harvest equipment, gather crop that has been left in the field)

Special Requirements

The employer agrees that it will offer, advertise in its recruitment, and pay at least the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), the prevailing hourly wage rate, the prevailing piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining rate, or the Federal or State minimum wage rate, in effect at the time work is performed, whichever is highest. If the worker is paid by the hour, the employer must pay this rate for every hour or portion thereof worked during a pay period. If the offered wage(s) disclosed in this clearance order is/are based on commission, bonuses, or other incentives, the employer guarantees the wage paid on a weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly basis will equal or exceed the AEWR, prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the legal Federal or State minimum wage, or any agreed-upon collective bargaining rate, whichever is highest.