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 trees; pruning and training fruit trees; general care for fruit trees during growing process such as recognizing blighted branches, trunk painting, placing soap bars on young trees and hand fertilizing; hoe or pull weeds; repair and maintain irrigation systems; drive and operate tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farmworkers; 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; complete tasks in Christmas tree nursery such as planting, transplanting, harvesting, and burlap nursery stock according to supervisor instructions; complete Christmas tree nursery hand tasks including field maintenance, Evergreen maintenance, tagging, removing cones, bough material, and potting; harvest and bale Christmas trees; use spray guns to add colorant to Christmas trees; sort Christmas trees by size and grade; haul Christmas trees to staging and shipping areas on farm; 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; clean five-gallon buckets prior to and directly after their use for harvesting zucchini.
Special Requirements
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard and field maintenance and hand harvest of apples, Christmas trees and zucchini; blueberry new field prep and maintenance. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Experience Requirement: Two verifiable months of commercial tree fruit hand harvest or commercial vegetable hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employer within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Drug testing done at Employer's expense not utilized as a preemployment tool.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period.