Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop
Employer
8490 Forest Blvd
Caseyville, IL 62232
United States
Job description
Workers are needed for farm activities involved in planting, growing, harvesting, cleaning, trimming, and packing horseradish. Three months experience in horseradish production is preferred but any experience in horseradish production may be acceptable. Workers must be able to work as a group and keep pace with harvesting equipment, separate dirt and farm material while harvesting, keep up with product flow in the packing shed while horseradish is trimmed, graded, packed and planting stock is selected and sorted. Work in the fields can range from windy, dry, dusty or cloddy when dry to extremely soft and difficult to maneuver in when wet. Experience is needed in working in, on or around harvesting, planting equipment and packing lines; identification of defective or damaged horseradish planting stock; conducting weed management during growing season; and lifting and suckering of newly established horseradish plants. Worker must be able to lift bins, containers, sacks and pallets weighing 70 pounds or more routinely during the work day. Some job assignments require long periods of bending and stooping. Steady and reliable attendance is a must as each aspect of the job requires workers to work as a team to maintain product flow, quality and consistency. The owner or supervisor will make daily individual work, crew assignements and location of work assigments as the needs of the operation dictate. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties on any given day and different tasks on different days and occasionally these tasks could include driving farm tractors or other farm euqipment to help harvest, plant or pack horseradish for Bluff View Farm Inc.
Special Requirements
Experience in the production of horseradish.