Farmworker/laborer
Employer
11328 Center Rd
Traverse City, MI 49686
United States
Job description
General Vineyard/Strawberry Field/Garden Laborer:
Pruning - Worker will be required to prune numerous varieties of grape vines according to established company procedures based on the difference in the treatment of different varieties.
Hand Planting/Establishing Vineyard: Worker will plant vineyards and trees. These tasks will include repetitive and physically demanding shovel work, use of post-hole digger, and hydraulic post pounder to install posts. Worker will provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new vineyard properties by clearing and/or preparing property, planting vines and other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of new vineyard properties. Worker may be required to lift and set heavy wood or steel posts weighing up to 60 pounds. Workers will be required to pull wire and carry/lift and place rolls of wire weighing approximately 100 pounds; this task will be completed between 2 workers with lifting requirement for each of 50 pounds. Worker will be required to place anchors. Worker will be required to complete trellis installation and repair by using a wire cutter and attaching or reattaching wire to posts with staples which will be pounded into posts. Worker will safely ride on a planter machine, pulled behind a tractor, to hand plant new vines. Worker will install irrigation. Worker will apply, remove and dispose of plastic mulch.
Vine re-planting: Worker will be required to dig out dead vine with a shovel and/or in conjunction with a tractor and auger and place a new vine in the hole, replacing the soil (with the graft 2 inches above the soil line) and gently tamp down around the new vine. Worker will then install a vine stave, tie the stave to the tie wire and tie the vine to the stave then place a grow tube around the new vine. This may be done in conjunction with use of a RTV.
Vine layering: Worker tasks include dead vine removal with a shovel and/or in conjunction with a tractor and auger. Worker will use a cane that is growing from the base of the neighboring vine. Worker will cut a small v in the new cane, as directed by manager, and apply rooting hormone to the cut area. Worker will then dig out a trench/hole where the cane from the neighboring plant will be placed. Worker will replace the soil and gently tamp down. Worker will install stave and tie to the tie wire of the trellis. Worker will tie the new buried cane to the stave. Worker may utilize grow tube may be used as part of process.
Equipment operation for various vineyard tasks: Workers may be required to operate equipment for various vineyard tasks, including tractors, tractors with implements, and RTVs. Employer will provide additional training for these tasks.Tasks will include mowing, moving spray tender trailer between farms, bird netting application and removal. Tasks will also include:
o Trellis installation:
Post installation
Wire and anchor installation
o Field Work
Discing
Ripping
Culti-mulching
Plowing
Brush chopping
SEE ADDENDUM C
Special Requirements
2 verifiable months commercial agricultural experience in fruit or vegetables required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within past 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period.
Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures.
Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat harvest and general labor process throughout workday. Worker must work at sustained pace and make good faith efforts to work efficiently as reasonable under working conditions.
Drug testing not utilized as pre-employment tool. See work rule #5 for more information regarding post-employment drug testing.