Farmworker/laborer
Employer
44846 CR 380
Bloomingdale, MI 49026
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to complete the following activities: field preparation and field planting; blueberry new field prep and maintenance tasks; lay plastic mulch; blossom removal from fruit tree; trimming and pruning fruit trees; hoe or pull weeds; repair and maintain irrigation systems; drive and operate trucks, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; spray crops with tractor and spray attachment; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; complete harvest preparation tasks such as place bins in orchard; hand harvest to quality standards of zucchini and apples; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks such as pulling stumps, picking up rocks and raking leaves; build and repair trellis; complete tasks at end of season such as remove from the field/orchard plastic mulch, drip tape and stakes; carefully dump full 5-gallon buckets of zucchini into wash tank of packing line; stack and palletize finished packed product, weighing up to 60 pounds; clean five-gallon buckets prior to and directly after their use for harvesting zucchini.
Special Requirements
Experience Requirement: Two verifiable months of commercial tree fruit hand harvest or commercial vegetable hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, planting, orchard and field care and the hand harvest of zucchini and apples; blueberry new field prep and maintenance. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.