Farmworkers And Laborers Crop
Employer
641 East Side Rd.
Hancock, ME 04640
United States
Job description
Organic Farming. Greenhouse seeding, may set up, maintain, and make repairs.
Planting of transplants in field and greenhouse. Cultivation of field and greenhouse
crops. Harvesting, moving, loading and unloading of crops. Moving and laying compost.
May repair, and perform general maintenance on farm buildings, fences, and
garden beds. Feed, water, general care of poultry. Mushroom cultivation, work including but not limited to, log inoculation for mushroom cultivation outdoors, may use hand saw, or chain saw. Handling large logs, standing for
long periods while drilling holes in logs with high speed drill and filling with mycelium
culture and sealing with hot wax. Work can be repetitive. May lift, carry and stack
processing logs, in certain order. May need to cleared property of spent logs and
underbrush to make room for newly inoculated logs. Tree planting. Picking blueberries. Wash, pack, fill orders. Duties may include; tilling soil, use of hand tools such as but not limited to hoes, shovels, weeding, washing and maintain food processing area, containers, refrigerators for agricultural purposes. Work is performed outdoors in all weather, sometimes under extremely hot, cold, dry, and wet conditions. Work is physically demanding, and requires extreme endurance. Work may require heavy lifting, bending, stooping, kneeling, and carrying up to 50 lbs on a regular basis. May set up and operate farm equipment to support agricultural activities. We require basic understanding of English for safety instructions. We require 2 months experience in above listed duties
3 year tenure wage $18.83
Special Requirements
Exposure to extreme temp, lifting 50 lbs, repetitive movements, extensive pushing and pulling, extensive walking, frequent stooping.