Farmworkers And Laborers, & Crops
Employer
16 VAN SICKLE ROAD
GOSHEN, NY 10924
United States
Job description
Manually plant, transplant, cultivate, & harvest herbs &vegetables such as but not limited to: corn greens, lettuce, kohlrabi, callaloo, onions, potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, squash, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, pumpkins & cauliflower. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include field preparations by, weeding, thinning and/or pruning crops. Participate in irrigation activities. Harvesting, cleaning, grading and packing the vegetables by hand. Packing, loading, and delivering to the farm markets. Unload returning trucks and dispose of spoiled produce. All produce packaged and delivered to farm markets is produce grown and produced by R & G Produce. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. After 4 days of training employer will expect workers to pick a minimum of 8 boxes per hour of scallions, radishes, cilantro, parsley, beets, kale, cabbage, carrots, onions and cucumbers. Workers who are not authorized by the owner, must leave their cell phones in the camp; they are not to have their cell phones on them while working in the field. Workers will drive. Not all workers will be requested to drive. Those that are requested will be required to possess appropriate drivers license. No one will be rejected for a position that does not have a license. 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.
Special Requirements
After 4 days of training employer will expect workers to pick a minimum of 8 boxes per hour of scallions, radishes,
cilantro, parsley, beets, kale, cabbage, carrots, onions and cucumbers.