Onion Farm Workers

Job description

Field Harvester Hoe, weed, thin, plant crops and clean fields. Using a hoe walk thru fields and cut weeds, weed crops while riding on machinery by adjusting levers to cut weeds. Thin crops by walking thru field and cutting excess plants. May also ride on machinery and place plants in wheel to be planted. Pick up trash in field, vehicles, equipment using hand and trash bags. Hand pick onions where necessary, use and place into bucket and dump into produce bin while walking fields or riding tractor or in receiving areas for farm storages. Hand pick onion, pull onion from ground, use scissors to cut off tops and roots, place into buckets and dump into produce bins. Assist with bagging onions to then place bag tags and stack on pallets. Keep all work zones clean and free of debris and trash, take out of trash & other related Onion packer activities as per Soc/OES 45-2092. May operate farm truck to haul trash to empty/full produce bins to and from farms and packing facility. "Wash and repair broken produce bins. "Spray and apply herbicide, pesticides to crops. Training and personal protective equipment will be provided. " Operate Farm Tractors and equipment, plant crops, harvest crops and ground prep. "Drip irrigation install and repair. "Wash and clean equipment, vehicles. "May thru Sept assist with sorting onions, labeling packages and sorting on conveyer belts outside in fields and storages at farm. "May operate forklift to load and transport produce bins and pallets, only if needed. Variable weather/crop conditions may apply; hours may fluctuate (+/-), with possible downtime and/or extended hours. Employer may request but not require for workers to work on their Saturday. Drug, alcohol, tobacco-free work zone.