Farmworkers/laborers

Job description

All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified Crops, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092.

Specific Job Requirements:
General Farm Labor Work and Weeding
This will include the following responsibilities: remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; perform general cleanup of farm areas. Weeding will include using farm hand tool to remove weeds from onion fields, pepper fields and hop fields, hop fields, alfalfa seed fields, corn fields and wheat fields. May be asked to drive company owned vehicles from hop, pepper and onion fields to hop picker facility, packing shed or storage locations.

Irrigation Job Description:
Will install and operate drip and pivot irrigation systems. Will prime and start electrical and diesel irrigation pumps. Will input irrigation schedules in drip irrigation controllers. Identify problems and report to supervisor (electrical short, nonfunctioning valves, identify out of specified pressures in station and fields). Read pressure gauges and set valves at specified pressures. Will read instructions to apply chemical and fertilizer injections through drip and pivot irrigation systems. Will monitor, identify and fix leaks in drip irrigation systems.

Irrigation Requirements:
?Ability to drive
?Ability to read and write English/Spanish
?Basic Math skills; ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide Physical strength to lift containers that weight up to 50 pounds.

Onions, Peppers, Alfalfa Seed, Corn and Wheat Job Description
Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying out the following responsibilities related to the hand harvesting of onions; clip ends off onions and toss the tops back into the field; hand harvest onions; place in bags and lay in field to mature; gather bags of onions off the fields and dump them into bins; sorting sacks after harvest; removing clods from harvester.

Planting and Weeding Pepper , Onions ,Alfalfa Seed, Corn and Wheat fields. Topping and tailing onions.Corn detasseling Field Packing into bags, buckets, or bins. Harvesting, picking peppers and field packing into bins or trays.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment and other commonly used equipment in agriculture. Drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.

Please see addendum C for additional Job Duties

Special Requirements

4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 50lbs.
4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.