Vegetable Harvester/field Packer

Job description

Crops/Commodities: broccoli, potatoes, cauliflower, lettuce, cabbage. Workers must be able to perform all duties with accuracy, efficiency and an eye to quality standards to ensure the production of a premium quality product. Workers will harvest crops including but not limited to broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, lettuce and cabbage. Work will involve cutting, packing, making cartons and stacking cartons. Considerable stooping and kneeling is required. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce. Work is to be done in the field for long periods of time. Workers will perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with product.

Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Temperatures in fields may range from 10 to 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations.

Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500.105, may be asked to drive vehicles for transporting workers, goods, or commodities on company business. This task is voluntary, compensable, and not a mandatory job duty. Workers without a valid driver’s license or doctor’s certificate will still be fully eligible for employment and are not disqualified from any other job responsibilities outlined in this application. The employer can and will make alternative arrangements for the transportation of workers should the need arise.

Special Requirements

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of prior verifiable experience working in a field harvest/field packing crew on a vegetable farm. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job references or comparable third-party documentation from recent employers establishing acceptable prior experience. Workers must be able to perform all duties with accuracy, efficiency, and an eye to quality standards to ensure the production of a premium quality product. Persons seeking employment as experienced vegetable harvester / field packer must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 50 lbs.