Farmworkers Laborers & Crops

Job description

Manually seed, plant, transplant, cultivate, & harvest herbs & vegetables such as beets, carrots, onions, corn, cabbage, squash, spinach & lettuce. To perform any and all work associated with the production and harvesting of greenhouse grown vegetables. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include field preparations by tilling soil & applying fertilizers, mulching, plastic removal, transplanting, weeding, thinning, and/or pruning crops. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil or to plant, cultivate, spray & harvest crops. Repair & maintain farm vehicles, implements & mechanical equipment. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Harvest vegetables by hand. Harvesting, cleaning, grading and packing the vegetables grown on the farm as well as wild foraging of produce. Inform farmers or farm manager of crop progress. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. Drug testing post hire at employer expense. Due to health & safety concerns on our farm workers must understand basic instruction in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.