Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

The farm work position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting of various fruits and vegetables. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the crops grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.

Crops Contained in Request: Beans and Corn

Workers may perform the following job duties on any of the commodities listed above and various points during the duration of the contract.

Crops Contained in Request: Corn and Beans
Workers may perform the following job duties on any of the commodities listed above and various points during the duration of the contract.

Corn and Beans
Workers will be responsible for weeding by hand and hoe while keeping fields clear. Workers will drive tractors to till, plant, cultivate, and harvest grain crops. Specifically they will set up and operate equipment; plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. They will be required to drive grain trucks and use various hand tools as required for task. Drive grain trucks to move crops, supplies, tools. Load
hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, or forklifts, or transfer augers. In addition, workers will be responsible for general building and equipment maintenance, on-farm grounds keeping, and pest-management.
 
 
Corn - Detasseling seed corn, remove rogue plants, weeds, and volunteer corn plants from seed corn production fields. Detassel Corn – Considerable walking is required daily, as workers will be pulling all tassels from plants within the designated female rows, including tassels on tiller/sucker plants. Tassels will be pulled as they emerge and before shedding pollen. Rogueing – Workers will remove all rogues or off-type plants from within and between seed cornrows. Clean-Up Detasseling – Workers will be required to clean up all tassels or part tassels that remain from plants after detasseling machines have covered the designated female rows. Workers may also be required to husk, sort during harvest. 

Farm Equipment Operator During Field Operations:
Workers may be required to operate tractors and other farm equipment during field operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Properly licensed workers may be required to transport fellow employees. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.

Special Requirements

Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense.

Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.