Farmworker/laborer

Job description

FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities: general field and orchard maintenance; weeding; shoveling; hoeing; fertilize; mulch; hedge; trunk painting; mowing; hand fertilizing; thinning; pruning; grafting; tying limbs; planting or transplanting fruit trees; blossom removal; seeding orchard; install tree screens/grow tubes; drive and operate vehicles, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts; spray crops with backpack sprayer or tractor and spray attachment; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; conduct farm building repairs; complete harvest preparation tasks such as spreading liners in bins, wash and sanitize harvesting bins or repair harvesting bins; hand harvest to quality standards of apples, blueberries, sweet cherries, tart cherries and peaches; laying mylar; repair drain tile; trellis system install, maintenance and removal; repair deer fence; irrigation systems install and maintenance; complete general hand tasks to include picking up garbage around the field or orchard, removing old trees, string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, picking up sticks, rocks and brush throughout the field/orchard; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks at end of season.

Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent under Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (45-2092)

Special Requirements

Experience Requirement: 2 month(s) verifiable experience in commercial tree fruit hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers of the last 3 years establishing acceptable prior experience.

Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard and field care, and hand harvest of apples, blueberries, peaches, tart and sweet cherries. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.

Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for work for entire employment period.

Work Rule Violations: Worker may be disciplined and/or terminated for cause for violating work rules provided at orientation.

Drug testing done at employers expense and not utilized as pre-employment tool.