Farmworkers

Job description

Tractor: Drive and control farm equipment to till, plant, cultivate, mow, and harvest crops. Many operations such as maintenance and or repair require good physical ability and knowledge. Workers may ride equipment such as irrigation tape injectors and or plastic mulch laying equipment.
Other job duties include: Positioning harvest trailers, loading and unloading of seed, plants, materials and chemicals by hand or forklifts. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Conduct multiple daily inspections of equipment or facilities to determine safety, condition, and maintenance needs. Lay irrigation tape, burn, spray, pull, build and maintain ditches by hand, tractor, and loader. Furrow irrigation preparation and maintenance of head and tail ditches, such as rowbuck, blade, and hand operated shovel when necessary. Mixing of specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, bottles, buckets, water soluble packets, and seed into planter, sprayer, or mixing equipment. Prepare materials or solutions for application, utilization of supplied personal protection equipment per label instructions. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, trucks, irrigation pumps, loaders, forklifts, hand trucks, pickups, atv, trailers, man lifts, fuel tanks, water tanks, water trucks, chemical tank trailers, propane tank and harvest equipment. Manipulate controls, monitors, touch screens, to safely operate agricultural equipment. Operate equipment while observing and monitoring of workers riding equipment while transplanting, laying irrigation tubing, plastic mulch, burning and spraying ditches, planting, cultivating, tilling, pulling plastic mulch or tape. Load hoppers, totes, buckets, conveyors, augers to feed machines with products, using tractors, loaders, forklifts, transfer augers, belts, buckets, and shovels. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weed growth, and diseases by hand, pull type, and self-propelled sprayers. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, cultivators, mowers, shredders, rippers, blades, etc, both pull type, link mounted, and power take off driven implements. Operate towed, integrated, or link mounted machines while planting, fertilizing, dusting, burning, and spraying crops. Walk beside or riding on machines while planting, tilling, harvesting or post-harvest cleaning of fields. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, fuel, or farms workers. Weigh containers, record weights, counts of seed, crops, containers, supplies, chemicals, products being applied, planted, hauled, stored, harvested and transferred. Record, report and turning information into supervisor. Must be able to read and execute written work orders, fill out information and return forms to supervisors per shift. All work is to be performed safely and in accordance to regulation, and company policies. Proper personal protection must always be worn. Work is conducted day and or night shifts, weekends, holidays as needed.

Lemon Drop, Honeydew, Golden Honeydew and Mini Watermelon Cutter: The Cutter will be responsible for walking through the field, bending down, and locating a package ready melon. Upon locating the melon, workers will use a Company-supplied knife to cut the melon from the vine. After cutting the melon from the vine, workers will rise up and place the melon on the field pack machine tray and continue through the field. Equipment supplied by the Employer includes gloves and a cutting knife.

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Special Requirements

3 months of harvesting experience in any of the commodities listed. Specific requirements include lifting up to 48 pounds frequently and able to use hand tools, including cutting knives. Must be able to work under conditions where skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc. Must be able to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions, including rain, cold, high winds, etc. Work involves frequent bending and working in bent or stooped positions.

At the sole discretion of the employer, drug and alcohol testing may be conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process. Workers may be subject to mandatory drug testing if they have been involved in a reportable accident or upon reasonable suspicion that drug use may be impacting job performance. Any drug test will be conducted at the employer's expense. All drug testing will be conducted post-hire.