Farm Worker

Job description

This job requires a minimum of three months of verifiable experience working on a commercial vegetable farm, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. The job includes walking 5-6 miles per day through fields, picking corn from stalks (16,000 ears per day) and packing corn on moving harvester in boxes; loading agricultural products onto trucks; harvesting vegetables and hops, topping onions; sorting, grading, and storing of crops.

Workers will cultivate, harvest, and field pack vegetables. May spread plastic or other groundcovering. Work includes cultivating, weeding, and thinning plants. May stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Workers will pick, cut, lift, or pull crops to harvest them. May tie vegetables in bunches or top them. Assist with irrigation and fertilization. Considerable stooping and kneeling is required. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce and plants. May assist with general farm building maintenance and occasional fence repair around fields.

Work is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers will perform duties including boxing, weighing, and loading/unloading of products. Workers will assist in loading trucks with products weighing up to and including 80 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, grasses, etc., may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 60 to 98+ F. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work is required.

In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding, rock picking, and other tasks related to general farming.

Persons seeking employment as experienced farm workers must be available for the entire period the employer requests. If verifiable: Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third-party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. If verbal: Applicants must be able to furbish verbal or written statements establishing relevant previous work experience.

Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors, including work performance, skill, and tenure.

The employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product or for any other lawful reason.

Special Requirements

Job includes walking 5-6 miles per day through fields, picking corn from stalks (16,000 ears per day), and lifting products weighing up to 80 pounds to a height of 5 feet. The employer will provide no training and allow zero days for the worker to reach the production standards.