Farmworker / Laborer

Job description

Hot wax peppers, pumpkins, squash:

- Use a shovel to place dirt on top of plastic every 20 feet to prevent mulch from blowing out.
- Lay out the layout, cutting spaghettis, and installing spaghettis into the layout. Flush out valves and repair drip tape leaks by installing a coupler onto drip tape to fix the leak.
- Sitting on an implement pulled by a tractor, carefully removing one plant at a time from a plastic tray, dropping one plant per planting cup. Walk behind the implement to plant any missed spaces by the planter manually. Ensure there is only one plant per planting slot.
- Install wire hoops 4 feet in length into the ground used to hold up the string. This job requires workers to bend over constantly.
- Run string along plants and tie string to hoops. This prevents plants from falling over and/or prevents sunburn. This job requires the worker to bend over constantly.
- Walk through the field and pull weeds by hand. The worker must ensure that there is no damage done to the plant when pulling weeds.
- Pick peppers, squash, and pumpkins by hand into a wheelbarrow/conveyer belt, pushing the wheelbarrow through field rows and emptying peppers in the wheelbarrow into plastic bins at the end of every row.
- The worker must be able to push a wheelbarrow that weighs approx. 100lbs through rows in the field; this job is physically demanding, so it is only suitable for physically fit individuals.

Special Requirements

B.2 Worker must possess 3 verifiable months experience inworking with hops or apples.

Verifcation of employment qualifications will require the applicant to provide the name, address and phone number for the employer where they gained the required experience. Said employer will be called, to determine whether the applicant did work and gain the required experience there. The applicant will be noticed of the outcome of the reference check within 2 business days. This requirement will be applied equally to all new foreign and domestic candidates.