Farmworker/laborer
Employer
44846 CR 380
Bloomingdale, MI 49026
United States
Job description
FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities: field preparation and field planting; lay plastic mulch; blossom removal from fruit tree; trimming and pruning fruit trees; hoe or pull weeds; repair and maintain irrigation systems; 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; complete harvest preparation tasks such as place bins in orchard; hand harvest to quality standards of zucchini and apples; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks such as pulling stumps, picking up rocks and raking leaves; build and repair trellis; repair deer fence; complete tasks at end of season such as remove from the field/orchard plastic mulch, drip tape and stakes; carefully dump full 5-gallon buckets of zucchini into wash tank of packing line; stack and palletize finished packed product, weighing up to 60 pounds; clean five-gallon buckets prior to and directly after their use for harvesting zucchini.
Special Requirements
Experience Requirement: Two verifiable months of commercial tree fruit hand harvest or commercial vegetable hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, planting, orchard and field care and the hand harvest of zucchini and apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period.
Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures.
Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat harvest and general labor process throughout workday. Worker must work at sustained pace and make good faith efforts to work efficiently as reasonable under working conditions.