Farmworker/laborer

Job description

GENERAL FARM LABOR:

Worker will manually plant, cultivate, and hand harvest Employer grown fruits and vegetables to quality and safety standards and in connection to crop production perform duties as directed by Employer and/or Team Leader including but not limited to: field and harvest set-up; tilling soil; transplanting; weeding and brush control; lay plastic mulch; tunnel assembly and disassembly; staking and tying of plants; sprouting young plants; tree removal; thinning; pruning crops; trunk painting; applying fertilizers/pesticides; irrigation activities; field clean-up; use of hand tools and power tools; operating farm vehicles, machinery and other agricultural equipment, such as but not limited to forklifts and tractors; general packing and storing activities of Employer’s produce, including but not limited to, assembling containers / boxes, grading, sorting, loading, palletizing, cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing; general repairs and maintenance.
Piece rates are minimum and may change during season or hourly rates may be offered. Employer guarantees worker payment not less than state’s AEWR hourly rate for each hour worked.

Special Requirements

JOB REQUIRES WORKER TO COMPLETE TASKS IN:
Blueberries Cucumbers Roma Tomatoes Grape Tomatoes Round Tomatoes Apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
90 verifiable days of agricultural experience on a commercial farm operation in fruit or vegetable harvest / production required. Applicants must furnish verifiable job references from recent employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.

Drug testing done at employers expense and not utilized as preemployment tool.