Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse
Employer
Lake Park-Carrot House 2214 J Frank Culpepper Rd.
Lake Park, GA 31636
United States
Job description
Plant, transplant, weed, cultivate, irrigate, harvest a/o grade, pack beets, jalapeños, honey bees, pumpkins, leafy greens, blueberries, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cilantro, daikon, dandelions, dill, eggplant, fennel, green beans, green onions, leeks, onions, parsleys, parsnips, peas, peppers, radishes, rutabagas, squash, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes, watermelons, arugula, bok choy, baby bok choy, cabbages, chards, collards, kales, lettuces, mustard greens, spinach and turnips by hand or farm equipment. Plant, prune, water and propagate plants. Grade, sort or classify products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell & quality to ensure correct processing & usage. Discard inferior/defective products a/o foreign matter while leaving acceptable products on conveyer for further processing. Carrots continue to be carried through the process on a conveyer where farm equipment will weigh, count & package product. Tie, label, stack on pallets according to supervisor's instructions or pack in boxes. Once box is full, slide down rollers, close, seal & stack the box onto a pallet, place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Record packing information. Examine & inspect containers, materials, products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products from pallets and place in assigned area. Monitor, load materials into package processing equipment. Dump untied bags of carrots back into the farming equipment to go through the process again. Transplant plants including blueberries, cabbage and leafy greens. Take plant out of tray that is on a trailer moving down a row & place plant into a pre-dug hole & cover hole with dirt. Harvest cabbage according to supervisor's instructions by using a knife to cut crop and place on conveyor to be graded and packed. Grade and pack green beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to supervisor's instructions on assembly line in packing house or on a mule train. Grade beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective beans, cabbage, greens and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products on conveyor to be packed into a box. Once box is full, slide down rollers and place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Close the box and slide it down the rollers to be weighed. Stack weighed boxes onto pallets. Manually feed the potato slips into fingers on the transplanter that place the plant into the ground and cover the root of the plant with dirt. Workers will be asked to alternate walking behind the transplanter and planting slips by hand using a stick. Ride a potato digger or harvester and pick up potatoes off of a chain, sort them, and place them into boxes on the digger while harvesting. Harvesting may also be done by hand in 40 lb. buckets. Clean, pack & load harvested products; place produce in coolers. Pack potatoes in boxes for shipping. Measure, weigh, & count products, materials to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products and place them on conveyors or in specified areas. Seal containers using glue, string, nails and hand tools. Load materials and products into package processing equipment. Use hand tools to assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates and containers. Unload onions off of truck and load onto tractor to be transplanted. Ride on tractor and take bundles of onions out of boxes and toss into field while tractor is moving down the rows. Unbundle onions that have been tossed into the field and place into pre-dug hole & cover hole with dirt. Harvest onions by picking up onions, clipping top & roots using shears, placing in bucket, walking to bin & dumping bucket into bin. Count & check produce. Perform walk through around portable toilets in the field, ensure they are in working order.
Special Requirements
One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.
Employer Contact Info
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