Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
RSD Farms - 3687 New Harmony Road
Pikeville, TN 37367
United States
Job description
Workers must be able to plant, cultivate (staking and tying), trim, prune, harvest, sort, and field pack, blackberries, peppers, cucumbers, jalapenos, squash, tomatoes, cabbage, and eggplants. Plant produce by hand placing into pre-dug holes along rows. Pick developed blackberries, peppers, cucumbers, jalapenos, or tomatoes from bush and place into bucket, making sure that plant is picked clean of all fruit and vegetables and that they are the correct size and maturity. When bucket is full, carry to dumper on truck that is moving through rows alongside workers, being careful not to bruise fruit and vegetables. Cut squash, cabbage, and eggplant using a knife and place it into bucket, making sure it is picked clean of correct size and maturity. When bucket is full, carry to dumper on truck moving through rows alongside workers. Workers will stake/tie and inform managers of crop progress. Remove stakes, strings, plastic and dig ditches. Set up, participate, and operate equipment in irrigation activities. Repair drip irrigation. Duties will also include: cleaning the greenhouse, spraying nursery, pulling weeds and loading trucks. Operate, simple repair, clean and maintain farm equipment and vehicles. Workers will be required to perform daily farm maintenance, clean production areas, facilities, and work areas.
Special Requirements
Three-month experience manually planting, cultivating, harvesting, grading, sorting, and packing; Blueberries, Vegetables, Watermelons, Tomatoes, Cantaloupes, Greens, Melons, Cabbages, Corn, Onions or similar crops. Workers must be 18 years or older. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Criminal background checks may be conducted post-hire at the employer's expense. Lifting requirement of up to 40 lbs. Workers may be offered more than the standard hours of work in a single workday. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Hours of work may increase/decrease depending on crop yield and or weather and can occur at any time throughout the season. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach and lift.