Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Pumpkins, squash: -Use a shovel to place dirt on top of plastic every 20ft to prevent mulch from blowing out. -Lay out lay flat, cutting spaghettis, and installing spaghettis into lay flat. Flush out valves and repair drip tape leaks by installing a coupler onto drip tape to fix the leak. -Sitting on an implement pulled by a tractor, carefully removing one plant at a time from a plastic tray, dropping one plant per planting cup. Walk behind the implement to plant any missed spaces by planter manually. Ensure there is only one plant per planting slot. -Install wire hoops 4ft in length into the ground used to hold up the string. This job requires workers to bend over constantly. -Run string along plants and tie string to hoops. This prevents plants from falling over and or prevents sunburn. This job requires the worker to bend over constantly. -Walk through the field and pull weeds by hand. The worker must ensure that there is no damage done to the plant when pulling weeds. -Pick squash, and pumpkins by hand into a wheelbarrow/conveyer belt, pushing the wheelbarrow through field rows, and emptying wheelbarrow into plastic bins at the end of every row. -The worker must be able to push a wheelbarrow that weighs approx. 100lbs through rows in the field; this job is physically demanding, so it is only suitable for physically fit individuals.

Job Duties – Apples/Pears Hand harvest fruit. Workers will attach a harness, bucket, or bag and pick low-hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. The worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping fruit with their hands and removing it from the tree in a motion to not harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. The worker will carry a harness, bucket, or bag of up to 50 lbs. and place fruit into wooden bins, 48x48x30, which hold approximately 25 bushels. Care must always be exercised to prevent bruising fruit or breaking branches. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. The worker must possess the ability to pick up; handle a 10ft. or 12 ft. orchards ladder weighing up to 40 pounds.

Special Requirements

This application is for squash, pumpkins, apples, pears, hops, alfalfa and barley. This job requires growing, maintaining, and harvesting all crops. All jobs may be performed from a motorized platform, the ground, or a ladder. There are general conditions of employment, general job specifications, and individual requirements that are specific to each job duty.

Work/Job Specification Definitions: a) Sloppy: not careful or neat: showing a lack of care, attention, or effort. b) bona fide: made with earnest intent c) earnest: serious in intention, purpose, or effort: d) sustained: continuing for an extended period or without interruption. e) endurance: the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions. f) efficiently: performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort. g) consistently: Same way over a long period of time.