Farm Labor Worker

Job description

Workers will plant and harvest tomatoes and peppers.
jobs specifications as instructed by the Farm Manager or Crew Supervisor. Duties may
vary from time to time and may include all of the following job specifications:
Vegetable Planting/Harvesting/Packing: Workers will be planting, harvesting, and
packing during the season. It is unknown at this time exactly what vegetables may be
harvested and/or planted. Packing duties will take place on the worksite address/field.
Weeding: Workers will remove weeds by use of hoe from walkways and remove all
weeds growing around plants by hand. Workers will remove weeds from the growing
area and dispose of it as instructed
Plastic Laying: Workers will hold plastic at the end of the row as machine moves down
the row unrolling plastic. Workers will even up ends of row with a shovel to make them
straight, also will clean out ditches at the end of row. Unload plastic and drip-tape from
truck and load plastic and drip-tape on the field machines as needed.
Plastic and Drip-Tape Removal: Unhook drip-tape from the main water line, walk down
row while pulling plastic down the bed until it is completely removed. Take removed
plastic to proper disposal or burning station as instructed.
Drip-Tape hook-up: Workers will be required to cut drip-tape at the end of bed as
instructed and hook up drip-tape to main water line.
General Farm Work: Tasks the workers must be able to perform include: remove debris
from bed preparation process to clean growing area, finish row ends with shovels,
unload plants by hand from trucks and move plants to planting location by hand,
replant missing or unhealthy plants as directed, remove debris, boxes, and discarded
fruit from field to keep clean growing areas, basic irrigation maintenance, clean and
maintenance equipment and tools, assist in application by hand or tractor of fertilizers
and or/pesticides. May be necessary to assist in the use of farm equipment such as
tractors and harvest machinery, etc. Daily job assignments will be made by and at the
sole discretion of the Company Farm Managers as the progression of the growing season
dictates.