Farmworker/laborer
Employer
3114 Dutch Lane Rd.
Sodus, MI 49126
United States
Job description
FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities: general greenhouse work; seeding; lay plastic mulch; irrigation work; field planting; stake tomatoes/tomatillo/eggplant /specialty variety peppers; apply tying twine between tomato/tomatillo, eggplant and or pepper stakes; tunnel assembly and disassembly; hoe or pull weeds; vine and row cucumbers; sprout young shoots on eggplant and tomato/tomatillo plant; drive and operate trucks, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; spray crops with tractor and spray attachment; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; hand harvest to quality standards of green slicing cucumbers, roma tomatoes, tomatillo, eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, variety specialty peppers, pickles, berries, currants and asparagus; pack employer's produce only to food safety standards; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks such as, trimming trees, pulling stumps, picking up rocks and raking leaves; cut tying twine; remove from the ground plastic mulch, drip tape and stakes.
Special Requirements
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, barn packing of and the hand harvest of: green slicing cucumbers, roma tomatoes, tomatillo, eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, variety specialty peppers, pickles, berries, currants and asparagus
Experience Requirement: 3 verifiable months of commercial agricultural experience with a vegetable base required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers of the last 3 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures.
Worker agrees to drug testing as a condition of employment. Testing done at employers expense and not utilized as a pre-employment tool.