Farm Workers
Employer
101 Harrisonville Lake Road
Pilesgrove, NJ 08098
United States
Job description
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load yellow squash, green squash, peppers, cucumbers, pickles, string beans, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, cabbage by hand and machine. Transplant crops into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil in assigned rows in the field either by transplanter machine or while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Vegetables will be manually harvested by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows, and dumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers. Lay, tuck and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities including setting up, repairing, operating and maintaining drip and other irrigation equipment. Manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Work in groups to harvest crops with agricultural equipment that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles.
Special Requirements
Monday-Friday, Floating schedule depending on weather, schedule varies, start/end times will vary, days of week worked will vary based on workload. No experience required, will train.