Farmworker

Job description

Crops: bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, summer squash, winter squash, cabbage, zucchini, and sweet potatoes

Plant, cultivate, irrigate, weed, harvest, grade and pack bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, summer squash, winter squash, cabbage, zucchini, and sweet potatoes. Use hand tools shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, machetes, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Operate and ride on equipment to manually plant seeds or plants into the ground and cover with dirt. Walk behind the machine making sure all holes are filled and covered. Operate tractors to harvest crops and pull trailer in field during harvest. Harvest developed product from plants on assigned row by hand, or using a knife, making sure that plant is picked clean of all crops of correct size and maturity, or as instructed by supervisor. Workers must use care when harvesting not to damage product. Grade, sort, or classify agricultural products by size, weight, color and condition. Package harvested products into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Stack boxes onto pallets, transport vehicles or trailers. Load and unload harvested products and materials. Pull weeds, prune crop, maintain fields and perform irrigation activities. Install and remove items required in plasticulture. Install and remove stakes, wire, netting or string. Perform farm and field sanitation duties. Clean and maintain packing facility, fields, structures, grounds, and equipment. Set up, maintain, move and operate irrigation system equipment and water lines/pipe; dig and maintain ditches; apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other crop protectants, fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments; mow, cut and weed fields; perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation , and other manual tasks; and lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Workers will also be used in the capacity of operating equipment, cleaning and maintaining equipment, structures and grounds. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use and after a worker has an accident at work. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job.

Special Requirements

One month of verifiable farm work experience required. Perform prolonged walking, bending, sitting, reaching, stooping, pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying 60 lbs. repeatedly. Perform repetitive movements. Work outside in inclement weather, including cold, hot, and/or wet weather for extensive periods of time. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use and after a worker has an accident at work.