Farmworkers/agricultural Equipment Operators

Job description

Duties may vary from time to time. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. 90% of tasks will be harvesting and general farm work, 10% of tasks will consist of shuttle driving and agricultural equipment maintenance and operation. This job is Level I, SOC 45-2092.

Workers must perform manual labor to pull plastic from the field and load onto a trailer. Removal of irrigation equipment. Clean and maintain work area and all tools and containers.

Watermelon- Workers will harvest, cultivate, cut, pick, and field pack watermelons in the field. Duties include cleaning, loading, and unloading harvested products. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Measure, weigh and count products to ensure that packing specifications are met.

Vegetables: Workers will harvest vegetables such as tomatoes, bell peppers, cantaloupe, and cucumber, as well as other vegetables and fruits. Shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches, and trenches. Manually plant, cultivate, harvest, count, load and unload vegetables, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Workers will field pick and pack vegetables in the field. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include, applying fertilizers, transplanting, pulling weeds, raking, cleaning around shed area, thinning or pruning crops, cleaning, grading, and packing harvested product. Workers will also do staking, tying, loading, removing, and unloading of stakes.

May do minor repairs to fences and farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Duties will also include operating forklift, assisting with minor repairs and maintenance, and pulling weeds.

Workers may transport workers to housing, field, grocery store, etc.

Special Requirements

The employer may conduct a Drug/Alcohol test or conduct a criminal background post-employment at the employer's expense.

The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the workers refusal or negligent failure to return the tools or due to such worker's willful damage or destruction of the tools.