Guarantee of Success!

If  our  applicants don´t pass in your probatory period, we will refund your company with all travel and visa expenses * 

Send your job adverts to advert@catererbrazil.com.br  . It´s FREE for your company.

 

We want to be your Recruiter Partner in Brazil ,Europe and Japan. 

We want to be your Recruiter Partner in Brazil - the largest country in Latin America 

 

 

Job Duties
Crops/Commodities: \nhorses - stable work. \nThe employer is a large standardbred (harness) horse breeding/sales farm where employment is dependent on the annual breeding through yearling sales seasons. The seasonal employment period in standardbred racehorse breeding is April through the end of November.\n\nWorkers perform a variety of tasks associated with the breeding, handling and preparation for sale of standardbred equine stock. These include the following: identify and catch horses in fields, affix halters and lead ropes, lead into barn and tie securely. Competence in basic grooming practices including bathing, brushing, hoof care, clipping. Clean stalls by removing soiled bedding and manure, replace with fresh bedding. Strip stalls and disinfect floors, walls and surrounding areas for broodmares. Sweep barn aisles, stall areas, ceilings to remove dirt, hay, cobwebs and other detritus. Maintain/clean and fill water troughs and buckets. Handle basic feeding activities including apportioning grain, hay and feed supplements according to instruction. Hold horses for farriers and vets as needed and administer routine intra-muscular injections. Assist in handling young horses in preparation for sales. \n\nHelp maintain equipment, assist with mowing and weeding, cutting and baling hay, work in fields, clean around barns. Workers will load trucks with bales of hay and sacks of grain and feed weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must demonstrate commonsense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures, i.e., no running in barns, shouting, abusing horses, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in and around barns, sheds and hay storage.\n\nIn addition to the work outlined above, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: operation of tractors, mowers, rakes, and other haying equipment under supervision, painting and repairing farm buildings and similar tasks of a general nature common to a horse breeding operation.\nWorkers are expected to begin work early in the morning when fields may be wet with dew. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, animal dandruff, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Must be on call for up to 24 hours a day, 6 days a week. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.\n\nInstructions and general supervision will be provided by a designated lead worker or company supervisor. Exceptionally complex or non-routine activities will be closely supervised. Workers will be expected to perform basic horse management and handling duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. \n\nThe employer may discipline the worker, including brief suspension of work activities (“time out”) for a period determined by the supervisor, suspension from employment for a set period of days or termination of employment as described in the “Work Rules."\n\n\nPersons seeking employment as experienced Stable Attendant must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. \nWorkers hired pursuant to this job order will be subject to a trial period of up to 5 business days during which their performance of required tasks will be evaluated. If the performance during the trial period is not acceptable to the employer the worker‘s employment will be terminated.
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest grapes. Operate equipment 90%, manual labor 10%. Operate Equipment such as +70hp tractor, 3-point hitch implements, and hydraulic remotes. RTV used in the vineyard for maintenance, scouting and harvest. Forklift used to off-load harvested product and materials. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Performs vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Install and maintain bird netting. Assist/move harvested fruit from field to processing area. May perform general indoor tasks or post-harvest activities when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). Assist with crush activities. Stacking, transporting, and dumping lugs into destemmer or press. Must possess the requisite skills and knowledge of what, when, where and how much to prune on a grape vine. Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Must demonstrate and consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants using 3-point hitch sprayers and remote control or hand sprayers. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment and implements properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMinor duties include: Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements.\n \n
Workers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nCorn, Green beans, Summer & Winter Squash, Cucumbers, Pickles, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Basil, Sunflowers, mum, Pumpkins, and Gourds: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFencing: Workers will be required to install and maintain deer fencing. \n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Plant, harvest, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Perform manual (90%) and mechanized (10%) tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain shade trees and evergreens. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings by hand or mechanical planter. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Train, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain equipment and work area. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and field pack corn, tomatoes melons, pumpkins and a variety of fruits and vegetables primarily by hand. Load seed into hoppers. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other ground covering as needed. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake, tie, trellis and prune plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. May tie vegetables in bunches. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Grade, size, and sort product according to color, shape, size, appearance, feel, and/or quality, in accordance with supervisor's instructions and employer standards. Inspect products for damage/defects and discard inferior products and foreign matter. Place product in bins/trays and other containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Pack/bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor's instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on outbound loads. Move product to loading areas to prepare for shipping. Keep material and product records accurately. Stock farm market displays, sort produce inside farm market, clean up poor quality produce from market and coolers. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Perform field clean-up and post-harvest activities. Assist with farm building/field maintenance. Clean/sanitize work areas and equipment. Workers may operate equipment as needed and must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Take produce to market and place on shelfs or in designated area. Oversee other farm laborers and translate as needed. Assist with Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Manage the care, growing and production processes of various specialty bulb crops grown by Holland Greenhouses Inc. Maintain relationships with vendors and advisors, primarily from the Netherlands, to keep abreast of the latest horticultural developments, knowledge of the Dutch language is highly preferred. Create planting schedules and flowering programs using bulb physiology knowledge about Stadium G for Tulips. Understand the Dutch growing conditions and change programs from year to year. Optimize the growing process and achieve the highest quality possible by using specialized horticultural specialty bulb knowledge. Provide all crops with the best growing environment possible by controlling the greenhouse climate software based on extensive greenhouse climate physics knowledge. Create and execute a crop protection plan for all crops grown. Ensure that all products needed in the production process, such as fertilizers and chemicals are in stock as well as application and maintains all records. Maintain crop growth and crop protection records. Make sure all horticultural crops get harvested on time and processed correctly. Manage all labor involved in the planting, growing, harvesting, and processing of the crops. Leads all staff members involved in the growing and production processes, labor planning, and ensure that all crop handlings are done properly. Ensure all products ready to be sold are stored in the right way and keep track of inventory by variety. \nTULIPS/LILIES: Manage Tulip and Lillie Program for the next growing year. Create the planting and forcing schedule by using extensive knowledge on the growing of tulips. Understand that the forcing of flowers is different from year to year due to the Dutch growing conditions. Makes sure tulips are not forced too early, or too late. Negotiate pricing with vendors, maintain relations and ensure delivery dates are correct. Keep accurate records concerning the Tulip/Lilie Program from each year. Water and feed the flowers as required and respond to any watering and nutrition problems using growing experience and bulb forcing knowledge. Check the EC, PH, and ECA levels of the water. Make sure that the right nutrients and fertilizers are in stock. Check all temperatures of coolers and greenhouses daily. Determine if bulbs have the right rooting system before going in greenhouse.\n\nOvertime/weekend work may be required as necessary. Hours may vary based on weather and crop conditions.\n
Build stone structures such as walls and abutments. Lay out wall patterns using straight edge, rule, or stake lines. Shape, trim, and cut marble or stone using power saws, cutting equipment, and hand tools. Mix mortar and grout, and pour them on marble slabs, stone, or foundation.
Crops/Commodities: \nlivestock, hay. \nPerform manual and/or mechanized duties associated with the breeding, care, and raising of livestock on a ranch. Feed and water livestock. Herd livestock to pasture for grazing. Rotate animals between pastures. Herd animals into corral and/or stall. Manually restrain animal. Maintain/repair fences used to contain herd animals. \nPerform manual tasks associated with production of poultry. Tend to poultry flocks. Prepare and sanitize pens, barns and houses for upcoming flocks. Monitor flock behavior to detect any signs of illness. Distribute feed. Examine birds for injury or disease. Remove and/or dispose of injured, sick or dead birds.\nPerform manual and machine tasks associated with hay crops production, including but not limited to: bushhogging fields; disking; aerating; seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); fertilizing; weed spraying with spray rig; mowing, tedding, raking, baling, and stacking hay; and operating grain carts.\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. \nEmployer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may transport other workers. \nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision. \n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. \n \nEmployer may require worker to work alternating weekends. Workers will be offered alternating days off during the week. \nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a five-day trial period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks.
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. The worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. The employer will notify workers of any change to start time. The employer will offer 6.5-hour shifts ranging between 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM or 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM.\n\nIrrigation Installation, Maintenance & Removal: Digging small holes for irrigation. Laying drip lines. Fixing leaks in the irrigation. Blowing out irrigation.\n\nTractor Operator: Disking the fields, Cultivating, Subsoiling, Towing wagon, Brush cutting, Mowing, Mulching, Fertilizing.\n\nWeeding: Raking, shoveling, hand pulling weeds. Weeds are left in the field, not put in containers. Spraying of weeds using a backpack sprayer. Walking up and down each row spraying weeds. Walking to spray truck to have backpack refilled when empty. Driving tractor while towing a broadcast spray tank to spray weeds. Drivers tractor up and down each row. (This tractor driver will be responsible for mixing weed spray and refilling the tank when empty)\n\nTrimming: Trimming dead wood off of plants using lopper. Dead branches are left on the ground after trimming.\n\nPlanting: Putting plants in pre-dug holes. Fixing dirt around plants. Walking the rows and raking mulch around plant. Nursery work.\n\nTicketer: The worker will hand out tickets to hand pickers when they bring a full crate to the truck. Checking to make sure the crate is completely filled and dividers are covered. Scanning each employee's badge and ticket before giving the ticket to the employee. Stacking each completed crate on box truck. Driving farm trucks to haul tools/materials, plants, shovels, rakes, etc. to the fields and fruit from the fields to the packinghouse. Driving farm trucks to haul tool/materials (plants, shovels, rakes, etc.) to the fields and fruit from the fields to packing house.\n\nPackinghouse Operators: Hand-jack operators will move fruit to packing line, move completed pallets away from the packing line, wrap completed pallets, and move pallets to cooler. Dump crates of fruit onto conveyor belt, stack the empty crates on a pallet, and tapes them up. Empty lugs of fruit rejected by color sorter/soft sorter into giant bin. Remove green/damaged berries on packing line. Place empty clamshells in fill by weight machine, then place completed clamshells into crate. Stack completed crates/boxes onto a pallet. Operate Forklift. Clean packing line at the end of each day: Sweep floors, clean conveyor belts and machinery, clean drains. Washing crates using a crate washer machine. Preseason packing house cleanup/prep. Assisting of setting up packing lines/equipment for the season. Daily prep of the packing lines. Setting up lugs on the floor, setting up labeler issues, equipment jam,filler machines issues. Assisting with any packing machine/ equipment problem such as labeler issues, equipment jams, filler machine issues. The packing house packs 100% of its own fruit. The packing house is located on work-site property, see attached aerial view.\n\nBlueberry Hand Picker: The worker will pick blueberries by hand filling crates completely so dividers do not show. Carrying filled crates to the truck, then take an empty one back out to the field. This work will require that the works walk for long distances in hot or cold weather conditions.\n\nPicking Machine Operator: (Night Shift beginning at 7:00 pm weather permitting) The workers will drive the picking machines, ride on the back of picking machine, remove full crates from machine, and stacking them on the trailer. Replacing full crates on the machine with an empty crate. Crate stackers will take full crates from the trailer, and stack them on a truck. \n
Perform manual tasks associated with the production of greenhouse grown flowers. Plant, cultivate, and maintain flowers including tulips, daffodils, lilies, hyacinths, poinsettias, mums, amaryllis, and kalanchoe. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant/pot seedlings, fill and label trays, move product to/from greenhouses and/or loading/unloading areas. Move containerized plants using carts. Unload/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Clean/maintain work area.\n\nPrune, trim, and perform other general plant maintenance. Water plants. Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality. Maintain and repair sprinkler system in and outside of greenhouses. Tie/position plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Wrap plants with burlap and other coverings as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade plants. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. \n\nPerform nursery sanitation duties including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors. Plant, spray, weed, and\nwater plants, using hand tools and gardening tools. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with greenhouse maintenance and repairs. Clean work areas, sanitize, and maintain grounds, greenhouses, warehouse, and landscaping.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company premises is prohibited and will be cause for immediate termination.
Perform manual (90%) and mechanized (10%) tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain shade trees and evergreens. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings by hand or mechanical planter. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Train, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain equipment and work area. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and field pack corn, tomatoes melons, pumpkins and a variety of fruits and vegetables primarily by hand. Load seed into hoppers. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other ground covering as needed. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake, tie, trellis and prune plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. May tie vegetables in bunches. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Grade, size, and sort product according to color, shape, size, appearance, feel, and/or quality, in accordance with supervisor's instructions and employer standards. Inspect products for damage/defects and discard inferior products and foreign matter. Place product in bins/trays and other containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Pack/bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor's instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on outbound loads. Move product to loading areas to prepare for shipping. Keep material and product records accurately. Stock farm market displays, sort produce inside farm market, clean up poor quality produce from market and coolers. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Perform field clean-up and post-harvest activities. Assist with farm building/field maintenance. Clean/sanitize work areas and equipment. Workers may operate equipment as needed and must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Take produce to market and place on shelfs or in designated area. Oversee other farm laborers and translate as needed. Assist with Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Plant, harvest, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Workers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nCorn, Green beans, Summer & Winter Squash, Cucumbers, Pickles, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Basil, Sunflowers, mum, Pumpkins, and Gourds: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFencing: Workers will be required to install and maintain deer fencing. \n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest grapes. Operate equipment 90%, manual labor 10%. Operate Equipment such as +70hp tractor, 3-point hitch implements, and hydraulic remotes. RTV used in the vineyard for maintenance, scouting and harvest. Forklift used to off-load harvested product and materials. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Performs vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Install and maintain bird netting. Assist/move harvested fruit from field to processing area. May perform general indoor tasks or post-harvest activities when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). Assist with crush activities. Stacking, transporting, and dumping lugs into destemmer or press. Must possess the requisite skills and knowledge of what, when, where and how much to prune on a grape vine. Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Must demonstrate and consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants using 3-point hitch sprayers and remote control or hand sprayers. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment and implements properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMinor duties include: Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements.\n \n
The farm work position includes duties associated with planting, cultivation, harvesting, and packing of assorted fruits and vegetables; farm, field and packing maintenance, sanitation, and post-harvest cleanup as well as duties related to the deployment and maintenance of in-field irrigation and frost protection. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team- based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.\n\nTomatoes/Peppers: Pre-harvest duties for tomato/peppers may include laying plastic, planting, staking, and weeding plants by hand and/or hoe. Harvest primarily consists of harvesting tomato/peppers by hand. The outlined job duties will require workers to stand, walk, stoop, bend, and lift up to 40 pounds continuously. Each intergro bucket, which is the equivalent to 5/8 bushel, will need to be filled and delivered to the truck in the field. These tasks will require individuals to work quickly and consistently and for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the fruit and vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over- ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or bruising. Help with post-harvest cleanup including pulling, piling, and sorting plastic, stakes, string, and field row irrigation components. Instructions will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers.\n\nCucumbers, Squash, Broccoli, Basil, Cauliflower, Flowers, Eggplant, Pumpkins, Fall Squash, Sweet Corn, Gourds, Potatoes, Beans: Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the fruit and vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over-ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or bruising. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer.\n\nCorn Stalks: Workers will help with harvesting, tying and bunching Corn Stalks. Corn Stalks will be stacked by hand, put into bins or loaded onto trucks and or trailers.
Harvest tomatoes - move around field to picking location and pluck vegetables from plants, walk to and empty buckets into bins. Field care - tie plants, stake plants, prune plants, stuffing, clean drip emitters and microjets, pull plastic, remove plastic drip lines, remove dead plants, and weed removal. Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Workers may also be required to work in the packinghouse; however, workers' duties will not include repacking of any products processed in the packinghouse. Must be able to operate motorized farm equipment. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Drug testing and background checks will be done random, post-employment and paid by the employer. Must adhere to all proper food and safety procedures, security procedures, crew leader/manager/supervisor instructions, company polices and procedures. Must be able to lift 50lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50lbs. in field.
Workers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nCorn, Green beans, Summer & Winter Squash, Cucumbers, Pickles, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Basil, Sunflowers, mum, Pumpkins, and Gourds: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFencing: Workers will be required to install and maintain deer fencing. \n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Workers will perform manual labor to accomplish prep, greenhouse (approx. 15%), field and sorting work. Prep work: clean and sanitize trays, pots, baskets, tools, equipment, surfaces, floors, and stakes that could come into contact with crop/product daily. Greenhouse work (approx. 15%): sweep, seed, pot, re-organize trays as well as plants and seed tables, water, lift potting soil bags to make seeding mix, trim, prune, organize and keep storage areas clean. Field work: plant seeds and plants, cultivate, harvest, and sort eggplant, squash and peppers, field maintenance which includes weeding, both pulling by hand and hoeing, clean cleaning plants, prune, trim, drive stakes, string crops up, harvest crops, pick up trash in and around the planting area, clean and sanitize all tools used in field including clippers, baskets, stakes, equipment, and field wagons, keep field break area and field vehicles clean and free of debris at all times, clean field equipment storage area and keep organized at all times, dig and maintain irrigation ditches, field roads and right-of-ways, and pull mulch plastic and drip tape, lay mulch plastic and drip tape, lift and carry mulch plastic and drip tape rolls, hook up of drip irrigation, lift and carry picking baskets full of picked product out of field to transport wagons. Sort work: sort/grade all good produce into shipping boxes/RPCs, assemble/fold up right shipping boxes/RPCs, lifting finished product in boxes and stacking on pallets, lift and carry pallets, carry to remove culled product from sorting facility to designated waste area, fix broken pallets, clean and sanitize all tools, surfaces, equipment, and floors that could come in contact with product daily, keep work area clean and free of debris at all times, all tools/equipment unused product must be put away daily in proper storage location to stay clean and organized. All workers are to assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack peppers, potatoes, cabbage, asparagus, and cilantro. Operate agricultural equipment and trucks/farm vehicles. Stake and tie peppers. Hand harvest pepper, place into basket, take basket to trailer and dump pepper into bin. During harvest, workers are to keep up with trailer that is constantly being pulled down the rows. Operate tractor to pull trailer in field during harvest. Use hand tools including hoe, shovel, scissors, weed wacker and leaf blower. Workers will apply fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides; pull weeds; remove drip tape, stakes and string; lay and pull plastic; load and unload materials and products; and assemble, stack and restack boxes and crates. Grade, count to 100 to sort crops in boxes, and classify crops by size, weight, color, or condition. Remove defective crops as defined by grading standards as crops move across grading tables. Discard inferior or defective product and/or foreign matter. When grading, worker will push product into appropriate chute for packaging. Workers may transport products from fields to packing house. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Repair and maintain farm buildings and fences. Clean and maintain equipment, materials and work areas. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies. Workers with licenses may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional work hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company premises is prohibited and will be cause for immediate termination.
Harvest tomatoes - move around field to picking location and pluck vegetables from plants, walk to and empty buckets into bins. Field care - tie plants, stake plants, prune plants, stuffing, clean drip emitters and microjets, pull plastic, remove plastic drip lines, remove dead plants, and weed removal. Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Workers may also be required to work in the packinghouse; however, workers' duties will not include repacking of any products processed in the packinghouse. Must be able to operate motorized farm equipment. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Drug testing and background checks will be done random, post-employment and paid by the employer. Must adhere to all proper food and safety procedures, security procedures, crew leader/manager/supervisor instructions, company polices and procedures. Must be able to lift 50lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50lbs. in field.\n\nCoseche tomates: muévase por el campo hasta el lugar de recolección y arranque las verduras de las plantas, camine y vacíe las cubetas en los contenedores. Cuidado de campo: ate las plantas, estaca las plantas, pode las plantas, rellena, limpie los emisores de goteo y los microjets, tire del plástico, elimine las líneas de goteo de plástico, elimine las plantas muertas y elimine las malas hierbas. Los trabajadores caminarán a lo largo de los surcos especificados por el empleador y eliminarán las malas hierbas y el césped de los campos a mano o con una azada. Debe estar de pie, encorvarse, agacharse y estirarse durante mucho tiempo. También se puede exigir a los trabajadores que trabajen en la planta de empaque; sin embargo, los deberes de los trabajadores no incluirán el re-empaque o reembalaje de ningún producto procesado en la planta de empaque. Debe poder operar equipo agrícola motorizado incluyendo tractores si es necesario. El trabajo es al aire libre y continúa en todo tipo de clima. Se puede solicitar a los trabajadores que se sometan a pruebas aleatorias de drogas o alcohol sin costo para el trabajador. No cumplir con la solicitud o dar positivo en la prueba puede resultar en la terminación o despido inmediata. Las pruebas de detección de drogas y las verificaciones de antecedentes pueden ocurrir durante el proceso de la entrevista, y se llevarán a cabo a exclusivo costo y discreción del empleador. Debe cumplir con todos los procedimientos de seguridad y alimentos adecuados, los procedimientos de seguridad, las instrucciones del líder de cuadrilla / gerente / supervisor, las políticas y los procedimientos de la empresa. Debe poder levantar 50 libras a la altura de los hombros repetidamente a lo largo de la jornada laboral y capaz de levantar y transportar 50 libras en campo.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. \n\nPrepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Uncover and/or recover polycovered winter storage houses. Install and remove poly blankets used for winter protection. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Must be familiar with a range of proper plant names and sufficiently familiar with plant identifications so as to accurately and timely pull orders and then safely load on delivery trucks for local and interstate shipments. Workers will be required to demonstrate their plant identification knowledge through a pre-employment test. Generate written reports. Capable of frequent heavy lifting of plants.\n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 50 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod or bees may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n\nWorkers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and field pack corn, tomatoes melons, pumpkins and a variety of fruits and vegetables primarily by hand. Load seed into hoppers. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other ground covering as needed. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake, tie, trellis and prune plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. May tie vegetables in bunches. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Grade, size, and sort product according to color, shape, size, appearance, feel, and/or quality, in accordance with supervisor's instructions and employer standards. Inspect products for damage/defects and discard inferior products and foreign matter. Place product in bins/trays and other containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Pack/bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor's instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on outbound loads. Move product to loading areas to prepare for shipping. Keep material and product records accurately. Stock farm market displays, sort produce inside farm market, clean up poor quality produce from market and coolers. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Perform field clean-up and post-harvest activities. Assist with farm building/field maintenance. Clean/sanitize work areas and equipment. Workers may operate equipment as needed and must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Assist with Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor; work varies depending on the farm location. Duties may vary depending upon the weather and what crop is being tended. Crops include: Blueberries, Sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, green and yellow summer squash, green and specialty peppers, purple top turnips and grasses. \nJob duties: \nNursery/ High tunnel/ Greenhouse: Work can range from filling trays and filling pots while planting seeds. Workers will water and take care of crops being grown in the Nursery/ High Tunnels/ Greenhouse. \n\nPlanting: Work can range from seeding/propagating the crop to transferring full- sized plants into fields. The workers may place seed/seedlings/ plants into soil via seeding/transplanting machinery or into manually dug holes. Some crops will require manual wooden stakes placed into the ground and continual maintenance of string to hold up the crops. \n\nHand Harvest: Working as an individual, the worker picks into a picking bucket and then places the harvested Blueberries into a crate which is then taken up to the truck. Working as a group, the vegetables will be harvested into a basket and sometimes transfer into bins and pass to the end of the row. Workers may be required to use a knife or sheer to harvest certain crops. \n\nPicking Machine Operator: The workers will drive the picking machines, ride on the back of the picking machine, remove full crates from the machine and stack them onto the truck or carts. Replacing full crates on the machine with an empty cart. One worker will transport the full crates from the field to the packing house. \n\nPacking: Packing can take place at four locations, Pleasant Mills Rd., 3rd St. Flemming Pike, and/or Frank Donio Packing Facility. The workers will pack products harvested from the field into boxes, bags, bins or clamshells depending on which crop is picked that day. Work also includes making crates or boxes, washing harvesting bins or baskets used in the field, using a pallet jack, moving products with defects out of production and cleaning the packing equipment after packing concludes\n\nDrivers: Any employee that operates a passenger vehicles or heavy machinery must have a valid United States or Mexican Driver's License. Driving includes bringing the harvested product from the field into the designated packing house. Driving also includes operation heavy machinery such as picking machines or tractors. Tractor work includes, disking of fields, cultivating, subsoiling, towing wagons, brush cutting, mowing, mulching and fertilizing of fields. \n\nField Maintenance: Work Includes general repairs and maintenance of any plastic mulch in the rows that require it. May include the use of a shovel, pulling drip tape, plastic, or irrigation submain after an individual fields harvest is completed. \n\nCultivation: The workers may use rakes, hoes, shovels and/or hand pull weeds in the fields. Work may also include the laying of plastic in rows and the making of beds in specified fields. \n\nSpraying: Work includes using a backpack sprayer for weed or insect control. May also include operating a tractor drawn sprayer. \n\nIrrigation: Work may include digging shallow trenches with a shovel, where they then place irrigation pipes into the trenches of specific fields followed by the placement fo submains. General irrigation system maintenance of fields. \n\nCleaning: Work includes cleaning packing equipment after packing concludes cleaning the camps and picking up trash found in the fields and common areas. \n\nTrimming: Work includes trimming plants using lopperso or hand sheers. Gathering and placement of trimmed material.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: tomatoes, pumpkins, beans, strawberries, eggplant, broccoli, pickles, peppers, greens, cabbage and other fruits and vegetables. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin, tie, stake and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort, package, and load harvested products. Operation of tractors, trucks, farm delivery vehicles, tillage equipment and machinery, rototillers, fork lifts, pumps, irrigation equipment, transplanting machinery, fertilizer spreaders, sprayers, planters, mowers, refrigerated containers, greenhouse machinery and equipment, cultivating equipment and machinery, packing and washing line equipment.Stock harvested products at farm stands.
Perform seasonal duties on the employer owned farm like: All packing house duties such as cleaning, grading, washing, packing. Making boxes. Record keeping for food safety plan. \n\nCrops: Corn, Green pepper, Sweet Potatoes, Tomato, Watermelon, squash
BLUEBERRIES: Harvest blueberries using a mechanical blueberry harvester. Work duties may also include but be limited to cleaning and maintenance of blueberry fields, pruning bushes, hoeing, spraying, planting blueberries, installing\nand/or repairing irrigation lines, laying mulch in blueberry fields.\n\nCRANBERRIES: Work in fields/beds. Prune, plant, cultivate and hand-harvest cranberries. Spread and remove ground covers. Place and monitor bug traps. Pick/harvest cranberries according to quality standards. Load/transport harvested berries. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. \n
JOB DESCRIPTION:\nPerform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack the following crops: strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, sweet corn, tomatoes (round, plum), peppers (bell, jalapeno, long hot, cherry), eggplant, peaches, and sweet potatoes. \nGENERAL DUTIES / PROCEDURES:\nLay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Set and/or remove stakes. Manually pull weeds. Tie, prune, sucker, and thin crops as instructed by supervisor. Remove and/or clean plant debris and/or vines from ground or trellises. Workers must select harvestable produce based on supervisor?s instructions for correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Workers must clean, grade, sort, label and package produce as per supervisor?s instructions. Workers must package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates and load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles as per supervisor?s instructions, at all times following Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) policies. This job requires extensive walking, standing, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting and carrying of up to 70 lbs. Work may be in inclement weather including extreme heat, cold and/or rain for extensive periods of time. \nWorkers must have three months of verifiable commercial vegetable farm experience with comparable operations, within the previous ten years. Experience should include knowledge of proper techniques of pruning, staking, suckering, and tying tomatoes, eggplant and peppers, as well as harvesting sweet potatoes.\nWorkers should also have experience with high tunnel blackberry production including: assisting in the covering, removal and venting of plastic covering of high tunnels. Training, tying, tipping/pruning of blackberry vines. Harvesting of blackberries directly into final packaging by field grading, sorting and classifying by size, weight, color, and condition. Culling of bad fruit and clean harvest of all good berries are integral to this work. \nEmployer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium qualify product; or for any other lawful reason. \nEmployer reserves the right to discharge any obviously unqualified worker, malingerer, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but unwilling to perform the work as specified by this job description and the worker?s supervisor. \nSafety: The health and safety of employees, workers and others while on Pastore Orchards property, or its subsidiaries, is of the utmost concern. It is therefore Pastore Orchards? policy to constantly strive for the highest possible level of safety in all activities and operations and to carry out commitment of compliance with all health and safety laws applicable to Pastore Orchards business by enlisting the help of all employees to ensure that public work areas are free of hazardous conditions. Pastore Orchards will make every effort to provide work conditions that are safe. Employees are expected to be equally conscientious about workplace safety, including but not limited to: proper work methods, reporting potential hazards and abating known hazards. Unsafe work conditions in any work area that might result in an accident must be reported immediately to the supervisor.
Crops/Commodities: \nGrapes. \nPlant, cultivate, and/or harvest grapes. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Performs vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Install and maintain bird netting. Assist/move harvested fruit from field to processing area. May perform general indoor tasks or post-harvest activities when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). Must possess the requisite skills and knowledge of what, when, where and how much to prune on a grape vine. Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Must demonstrate and consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. \n\nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision. \n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. \n \n \nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a five-day trial period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks.
Perform manual labor to plant, transplant, cultivate, and harvest flowers, and cultivate, harvest, and pack corn. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears, knives, cutters, and weeders. Prepare outdoor growing areas by setting up irrigation drip tape; laying, repairing and cleaning plastic; removing debris, weeds, sticks, and rocks by hand and using gardening tools; and measuring planting areas, inserting stakes and string for spacing plants at designated intervals. \nWorkers will be expected to punch and make holes to prepare the black plastic for planting plugs. Workers must be careful not to damage the tender young plugs. Dig, cut and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees and shrubs. Transplant by either riding on the back of a transplanter and feeding transplants carefully through fingers of the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil, or by walking and carrying trays through assigned rows in the field while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil.\nWorkers must keep up with wagon/truck that is going down the rows during the planting and harvesting process. Harvest flowers by cutting stems with pruning shears or a sharp knife. Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees. Workers must use extreme care while handling plants so no harm is caused to the plants and may only hold them by the container. Greenhouse work may include loading soil in trays, planting seeds and cuttings into pots in trays, watering seedlings, moving trays from one greenhouse to another, transplanting seedlings in trays, and loading trays for transport. Consolidate plants. Mix potting soil and fill trays. Space, label and tag plants. Locate, select, prepare, tag and load product onto wagons, racks and trucks for shipping. Grade, sort, and place product in shipping containers. Move containerized shrubs, plants and trees by hand or using tractors. Load and unload products, tools and materials. Participate in irrigation activities. Fill growing tanks with water. Harvest corn by hand, making sure stalk is pulled clean of all ears of correct size and maturity. Pack corn into bags or boxes in the field or packing facility. \nAfter harvesting is completed workers will be required to remove vines and used plastic and prepare plastic for the next planting cycle. Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping. Operate, repair, and maintain farm vehicles, tractors, implements, and mechanical equipment. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies.\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks.
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load bell pepper, tomato, asparagus, strawberries, pickling cucumber, cucumber, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, specialty peppers, melons, cantaloupe, sweet corn, sweet potato, eggplant, green beans, peas, squash and zucchini by hand. Lay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities. Install and take down hooped row cover. Manually pull weeds. Stake, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops, as instructed by supervisor. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or trellises. Train vines or plants on strings or trellises. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers to crops. Clear and maintain fields, ditches, greenhouses and work areas. Picking may involve use of a specialty knife, clipper and / or the use of mechanical agricultural equipment. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Clean, grade, sort, wash, label, pack and load harvested produce. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Apply ice to select harvested crops. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Repair fences and farm buildings. As a minor activity, operate, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and equipment to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. Workers with licenses may drive the bus or other transportation vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Instructions and general supervision will be provided by the supervisors or any other designated personnel assigned to lead work groups who count and check. Daily individual work assignments crew assignments, and locations of work will be handled via your area assigned supervisor as they assess their crop and operational needs.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Agriculture Equipment Operator to operate equipment used to harvest tomatoes. Must have the correct type of license required by State and Federals laws, and drivers responsible for transporting workers will be required to have a valid and unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor or Federal Farm Labor Contractor Employee Registration with driving authorization. Will be responsible for operating the vehicles used to move crops on the farm. Must be able to safely operate the buses that are used to transport workers to and from work sites. Transport workers on bus from housing to farm locations and back to housing, weekly shopping trips to stores for groceries and trips to the laundromat, and field level supervision - supervising farm labor. Should be able to provide proof of accident-free driving record and background. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Operate forklifts and equipment used to move supplies and harvesting equipment in the field. Maintain harvest equipment. Must be able to reach, bend and lift items weighing 50 pounds. Must be able to work outdoors in dusty/dirty conditions, at extreme heat and cold inclement weather. Must be able to listen to, understand, and follow simple instructions of supervisors and dispatcher. Must be able to work in fields where ants, snakes and poison ivy are encountered. The alternative work is truck maintenance and farm maintenance – including the repair of vehicles and various equipment and tools used on the farm, irrigation; load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers; Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment; attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools; walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals; drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers; irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination.
Plant, cultivate, harvest and pack fruits and vegetables including but not limited to: strawberries, sweet corn, apples, peaches, tomatoes, string beans, pumpkins and cabbage. Perform ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning fruit trees. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Till soil. Transplant, weed, thin, or prune crops. Clean, grade, sort, pack, and load harvested products. Workers may ride on tractor, maintain trellises, repair fences and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Workers will walk the orchard carrying a six foot ladder from tree to tree to thin and prune. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune and thin each tree as shown by the field supervisor. Limbs must not be torn from the tree, nor should limbs be completely stripped of leaves. In thinning, workers will pluck by hand as instructed. Proper spacing and selection of fruit is critical to maximize the tree's potential yield. Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand, inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Workers must use care when grading and packing not to damage and bruise produce. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place acceptable produce into 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. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation duties, including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors. Occasional manual digging. Use mowers and weed eaters on employer’s premises around wells, buildings, farm equipment. Transplant in greenhouses. Move, load and unload greenhouse grown plants, planting tools and materials. Pot and label plants. Fill pots and trays with soil. Crops may be harvested and field packed, or transported to the packinghouse for further processing. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Crops/Commodities: \ngrain/oilseed, hay, and vegetables. \nDetassel corn. Walk through fields and pull tassel off plants as directed. Rogue corn and remove off-type plants. Drive tractors and balers, and operate other mechanized farm equipment to plant, cultivate, and harvest grain, hay, and/or oilseed crops. Perform manual and mechanized tasks including but not limited to: bushhogging fields; disking; aerating; seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); fertilizing, weed spraying, mowing, tedding, raking, baling, and stacking. Operate grain carts. \n\nPlant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Use farm equipment to cut, pull, dig, thresh, clean, chop, bag, or bundle harvested crops. Load/unload harvested vegetables or other materials manually or with mechanized equipment such as conveyors, or handtrucks. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Perform quality control on crops. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. \n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Prepare and/or clear land for planting using mechanized or hand equipment to remove trash, rocks, or other debris or material that may interfere with planting or harvesting activities. Level land by moving dirt and other materials. Equipment may include tractors, dozers, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chainsaws, bobcats, skid loaders, high lifts, and trucks or other vehicles. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements.
JOB DESCRIPTION:\nPerform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack the following crops: strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, sweet corn, tomatoes (round, plum), peppers (bell, jalapeno, long hot, cherry), eggplant, peaches, and sweet potatoes. \nGENERAL DUTIES / PROCEDURES:\nLay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Set and/or remove stakes. Manually pull weeds. Tie, prune, sucker, and thin crops as instructed by supervisor. Remove and/or clean plant debris and/or vines from ground or trellises. Workers must select harvestable produce based on supervisor’s instructions for correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Workers must clean, grade, sort, label and package produce as per supervisor’s instructions. Workers must package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates and load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles as per supervisor’s instructions, at all times following Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) policies. This job requires extensive walking, standing, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting and carrying of up to 70 lbs. Work may be in inclement weather including extreme heat, cold and/or rain for extensive periods of time. \nWorkers must have three months of verifiable commercial vegetable farm experience with comparable operations, within the previous ten years. Experience should include knowledge of proper techniques of pruning, staking, suckering, and tying tomatoes, eggplant and peppers, as well as harvesting sweet potatoes.\nWorkers should also have experience with high tunnel blackberry production including: assisting in the covering, removal and venting of plastic covering of high tunnels. Training, tying, tipping/pruning of blackberry vines. Harvesting of blackberries directly into final packaging by field grading, sorting and classifying by size, weight, color, and condition. Culling of bad fruit and clean harvest of all good berries are integral to this work. \nEmployer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium qualify product; or for any other lawful reason. \nEmployer reserves the right to discharge any obviously unqualified worker, malingerer, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but unwilling to perform the work as specified by this job description and the worker’s supervisor. \nSafety: The health and safety of employees, workers and others while on Pastore Orchards property, or its subsidiaries, is of the utmost concern. It is therefore Pastore Orchards’ policy to constantly strive for the highest possible level of safety in all activities and operations and to carry out commitment of compliance with all health and safety laws applicable to Pastore Orchards business by enlisting the help of all employees to ensure that public work areas are free of hazardous conditions. Pastore Orchards will make every effort to provide work conditions that are safe. Employees are expected to be equally conscientious about workplace safety, including but not limited to: proper work methods, reporting potential hazards and abating known hazards. Unsafe work conditions in any work area that might result in an accident must be reported immediately to the supervisor.
see addendum c
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: zucchini, cucumber, sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, cubanelle peppers, eggplant, cantaloupe and melons. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin, tie, stake and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
see addendum c
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.\n\nPeaches, & Nectarines: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, may aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care, and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row.\n\nThe following description of job activities applies to peaches, and nectarines.\n\nHarvest: Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instance, fruit harvest will be done from a six-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is taken to transport vehicles and gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the filed bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, of to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\n
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor; work varies depending on the farm location. Duties may vary depending upon the weather and what crop is being tended. Crops include: Blueberries, Sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, green and yellow summer squash, green and specialty peppers, purple top turnips and grasses. \nJob duties: \nNursery/ High tunnel/ Greenhouse: Work can range from filling trays and filling pots while planting seeds. Workers will water and take care of crops being grown in the Nursery/ High Tunnels/ Greenhouse. \n\nPlanting: Work can range from seeding/propagating the crop to transferring full- sized plants into fields. The workers may place seed/seedlings/ plants into soil via seeding/transplanting machinery or into manually dug holes. Some crops will require manual wooden stakes placed into the ground and continual maintenance of string to hold up the crops. \n\nHand Harvest: Working as an individual, the worker picks into a picking bucket and then places the harvested Blueberries into a crate which is then taken up to the truck. Working as a group, the vegetables will be harvested into a basket and sometimes transfer into bins and pass to the end of the row. Workers may be required to use a knife or sheer to harvest certain crops. \n\nPicking Machine Operator: The workers will drive the picking machines, ride on the back of the picking machine, remove full crates from the machine and stack them onto the truck or carts. Replacing full crates on the machine with an empty cart. One worker will transport the full crates from the field to the packing house. \n\nDrivers: Any employee that operates a passenger vehicles or heavy machinery must have a valid United States or Mexican Driver's License. Driving includes bringing the harvested product from the field into the designated packing house. Driving also includes operation heavy machinery such as picking machines or tractors. Tractor work includes, disking of fields, cultivating, subsoiling, towing wagons, brush cutting, mowing, mulching and fertilizing of fields. \n\nField Maintenance: Work Includes general repairs and maintenance of any plastic mulch in the rows that require it. May include the use of a shovel, pulling drip tape, plastic, or irrigation submain after an individual fields harvest is completed. \n\nCultivation: The workers may use rakes, hoes, shovels and/or hand pull weeds in the fields. Work may also include the laying of plastic in rows and the making of beds in specified fields. \n\nSpraying: Work includes using a backpack sprayer for weed or insect control. May also include operating a tractor drawn sprayer. \n\nIrrigation: Work may include digging shallow trenches with a shovel, where they then place irrigation pipes into the trenches of specific fields followed by the placement fo submains. General irrigation system maintenance of fields. \n\nCleaning: Work includes cleaning packing equipment after packing concludes cleaning the camps and picking up trash found in the fields and common areas. \n\nTrimming: Work includes trimming plants using lopperso or hand sheers. Gathering and placement of trimmed material.
Workers will be responsible for all aspects of working on a vegetable farm. These responsibilities include: seeding, planting, weeding, hand harvesting, hoeing and packing of row crop vegetables. Workers may need to drive a 75 hp tractor and attach farm implements to cultivate and weed in the field. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs and have 3 months of verifiable farm work experience.
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load yellow squash, green squash, peppers, cucumbers, pickles, string beans, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, cabbage by hand and machine. Transplant crops into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil in assigned rows in the field either by transplanter machine or while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Vegetables will be manually harvested by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows, and dumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers. Lay, tuck and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities including setting up, repairing, operating and maintaining drip and other irrigation equipment. Manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Work in groups to harvest crops with agricultural equipment that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles.
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, & garden flower annual & perennial crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Cultivate/prepare land & greenhouse beds to grow products such as fruits, vegetables, hay, and grain. Workers will plant greenhouse crops, irrigate crops, prepare plants for sale, and move crops as necessary. Workers will prune and thin perennial fruit crops outdoors along with pruning and thinning live trees. Participate in irrigation activities; lay drip tape & plastic; pick up at the end of the season. Plant/transplant seeds/seedlings/trees; weed, thin, prune, & inspect crops/plants; spray fertilizer, pesticides, & herbicides to fertilize & control insects, fungi, & weeds. Install bird netting & other crop protection. General clean up & maintenance of farm grounds, greenhouses, barns, storage facilities & access to fields as well as ground areas around all farm buildings. May construct trellises; repair fencing & farm buildings as needed. Operate, maintain, & repair farm machinery, equipment, & vehicles. Dig up or move field grown shrubs, plants, & trees. Stake trees, tie, wrap, & pack to fill orders; cut, rake, tether, & stack hay. Harvest crops. Load/unload wagons & trucks to transport & prepare crops for sale & delivery to markets. Post harvest treatment of crops and hay; inspect/sort, clean, package, & load harvested products/produce. Job tasks include operation of tractors, farm equipment, trucks, all terrain vehicles, and other machinery.
Plant, cultivate, harvest and pack fruits and vegetables by hand or machine including but not limited to: sweet corn, sweet potatoes, melons, squash, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and pumpkins. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Propagate, transplant, weed, prune and thin. Apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers to crops. Lay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or trellises. Train vines or plants on strings or trellises. Install and take down hooped row cover. Bed sweet potatoes into the dirt and place plastic paper over the beds. Use shovels to shovel dirt onto the beds that are covered with plastic. Remove paper from the beds and put a remake paper over the beds. After the potato plants sprout and come through the ground, cut the plants with a butcher knife. Place the plants into plastic crates. Load crates of slips onto a flatbed trailer. Ride a transplanter to transplant plants. Manually feed the potato plants into the fingers on the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with dirt. Walk behind the transplanter and plant slips by hand using a stick. Ride a potato digger or harvester and pick up potatoes off of a chain, sort them, and place them into boxes on the digger while harvesting. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Clean, pack and load harvested products. Wash and pack potatoes into boxes for shipping. Remove completed or defective products and place them on conveyors or in specified areas such as loading docks. Seal containers using glue, string, nails and hand tools. Load materials and products into package processing equipment. Use hand tools to assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates and containers. Workers may ride on tractor, maintain trellises, repair fences and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Apply ice to select harvested crops. Workers must use care when grading and packing not to damage and bruise produce. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place acceptable produce into 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. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Transport produce and agricultural equipment from field to packing shed. Move, load and unload greenhouse grown plants, planting tools and materials. Drive trucks to haul products to the market. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards. Operate tractors and tractor-drawn machinery (including variations such as: tracotor, plow, potato transplanter, bush hog, and skid steer) to plow, harrow, fertilize, apply chemicals, plant, cultivate, or harvest crops. Pull and/or hoe grass and weeds from the fields. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Set up, operate and repair irrigation systems. Use mowers and weed eaters on employer’s premises around wells, buildings, farm equipment. Work will continue during wet periods while the fields are too muddy for the harvesting with tractors. Clean and maintain containers, materials, supplies, greenhouses and work areas. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Peaches, Nectarines & Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of mechanical and non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, May aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care, and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands and/or bat to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required on stay on their assigned row.\n\nThe following description of job activities applies to peaches, apples, and nectarines.\n\nHarvest: Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instance, fruit harvest will be done from up to a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 40 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is taken to transport vehicles and gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the filed bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, of to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\nPruning: While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw pruners, chain saw, pole saws and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker’s wages. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern for each orchard and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard. In some instances, pruning will be done from up to a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 40 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. Workers must remove all resulting materials from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center if the tractor/equipment middles. Workers will be required to pick up and return pruning ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\n
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nWorkers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will also build boxes, clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nPeppers, Cucumbers: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nLettuce and Cabbage: Workers will cut mature heads or leaves using knife as specified by employer. Products will then be placed into boxes and placed on trailer for transport. Workers may grade products removing bad or damaged leaves and repack for shipment. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must take care not to damage surrounding plants during harvest.\n\nTractor Operation: Workers will be required to operate tractors, during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Workers will perform manual labor to accomplish prep, greenhouse (approx. 15%), field and sorting work. Prep work: clean and sanitize trays, pots, baskets, tools, equipment, surfaces, floors, and stakes that could come into contact with crop/product daily. Greenhouse work (approx. 15%): sweep, seed, pot, re-organize trays as well as plants and seed tables, water, lift potting soil bags to make seeding mix, trim, prune, organize and keep storage areas clean. Field work: plant seeds and plants, cultivate, harvest, and sort eggplant, squash and peppers, field maintenance which includes weeding, both pulling by hand and hoeing, clean cleaning plants, prune, trim, drive stakes, string crops up, harvest crops, pick up trash in and around the planting area, clean and sanitize all tools used in field including clippers, baskets, stakes, equipment, and field wagons, keep field break area and field vehicles clean and free of debris at all times, clean field equipment storage area and keep organized at all times, dig and maintain irrigation ditches, field roads and right-of-ways, and pull mulch plastic and drip tape, lay mulch plastic and drip tape, lift and carry mulch plastic and drip tape rolls, hook up of drip irrigation, lift and carry picking baskets full of picked product out of field to transport wagons. Sort work: sort/grade all good produce into shipping boxes/RPCs, assemble/fold up right shipping boxes/RPCs, lifting finished product in boxes and stacking on pallets, lift and carry pallets, carry to remove culled product from sorting facility to designated waste area, fix broken pallets, clean and sanitize all tools, surfaces, equipment, and floors that could come in contact with product daily, keep work area clean and free of debris at all times, all tools/equipment unused product must be put away daily in proper storage location to stay clean and organized. All workers are to assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Workers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nCorn, Green beans, Summer & Winter Squash, Cucumbers, Pickles, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Basil, Sunflowers, mum, Pumpkins, and Gourds: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFencing: Workers will be required to install and maintain deer fencing. \n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Perform manual labor to plant, transplant, cultivate, and harvest flowers, and cultivate, harvest, and pack corn. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears, knives, cutters, and weeders. Prepare outdoor growing areas by setting up irrigation drip tape; laying, repairing and cleaning plastic; removing debris, weeds, sticks, and rocks by hand and using gardening tools; and measuring planting areas, inserting stakes and string for spacing plants at designated intervals. \nWorkers will be expected to punch and make holes to prepare the black plastic for planting plugs. Workers must be careful not to damage the tender young plugs. Dig, cut and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees and shrubs. Transplant by either riding on the back of a transplanter and feeding transplants carefully through fingers of the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil, or by walking and carrying trays through assigned rows in the field while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil.\nWorkers must keep up with wagon/truck that is going down the rows during the planting and harvesting process. Harvest flowers by cutting stems with pruning shears or a sharp knife. Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees. Workers must use extreme care while handling plants so no harm is caused to the plants and may only hold them by the container. Greenhouse work may include loading soil in trays, planting seeds and cuttings into pots in trays, watering seedlings, moving trays from one greenhouse to another, transplanting seedlings in trays, and loading trays for transport. Consolidate plants. Mix potting soil and fill trays. Space, label and tag plants. Locate, select, prepare, tag and load product onto wagons, racks and trucks for shipping. Grade, sort, and place product in shipping containers. Move containerized shrubs, plants and trees by hand or using tractors. Load and unload products, tools and materials. Participate in irrigation activities. Fill growing tanks with water. Harvest corn by hand, making sure stalk is pulled clean of all ears of correct size and maturity. Pack corn into bags or boxes in the field or packing facility. \nAfter harvesting is completed workers will be required to remove vines and used plastic and prepare plastic for the next planting cycle. Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping. Operate, repair, and maintain farm vehicles, tractors, implements, and mechanical equipment. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies.\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks.
Prepare the fields, make beds, lay drip tape. Plant vegetables by transplanting or by hand seeding. Maintenance of vegetables which includes staking, tying, and pruning. Use of hand tools including but not limited to shovels, hoes, and clippers. Load and stack baskets on trailers. Lay plastic, install irrigation, manually plant, weed and clean plastic of debris. Removal of plastic & drip tape from the ground. Picking of vegetables may be done by hand or with a specialty knife. Post harvest handling includes sorting, washing, grading, packing into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Job tasks include operation of tractors, farm equipment, trucks, irrigation equipment and other machinery.
Plant crops; operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to harvest crops; repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; lay plastic & drip tape; pull weeds; harvest vegetables by hand; cut & pack certain vegetables in the field; load & stack baskets; maintain crops by staking, tying, pruning, pulling plastic & drip tape at the end of the year; set up and operate irrigation equipment; move aluminum irrigation pipes in/out of fields; clear and maintain irrigation ditches; inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.
Crops/Commodities: nursery stock. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without supervision. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Uncover and/or recover polycovered winter storage houses. Install and remove poly blankets used for winter protection. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 50 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod or bees may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. The worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. The employer will offer 6.5-hour shifts ranging between the hours of 7:00 am – 7:00 pm or 7:00 pm – 7:00 am.\n\nIrrigation Installation, Maintenance & Removal: Digging small holes for irrigation. Laying drip lines. Fixing leaks in the irrigation. Blowing out irrigation.\n\nTractor Operator: Disking the fields, Cultivating, Subsoiling, Towing wagon, Brush cutting, Mowing, Mulching, Fertilizing.\n\nWeeding: Raking, shoveling, hand pulling weeds. Weeds are left in the field, not put in containers. Spraying of weeds using a backpack sprayer. Walking up and down each row spraying weeds. Walking to spray truck to have backpack refilled when empty. Driving tractor while towing a broadcast spray tank to spray weeds. Drivers tractor up and down each row. (This tractor driver will be responsible for mixing weed spray and refilling the tank when empty)\n\nTrimming: Trimming dead wood off of plants using lopper. Dead branches are left on the ground after trimming.\n\nPlanting: Putting plants in pre-dug holes. Fixing dirt around plants. Walking the rows and raking mulch around plant. Nursery work.\n\nTicketer: The worker will hand out tickets to hand pickers when they bring a full crate to the truck. Checking to make sure the crate is completely filled and dividers are covered. Scanning each employee’s badge and ticket before giving the ticket to the employee. Stacking each completed crate on box truck. Driving farm trucks to haul tools/materials, plants, shovels, rakes, etc. to the fields and fruit from the fields to the packinghouse. Driving farm trucks to haul tool/materials (plants, shovels, rakes, etc.) to the fields and fruit from the fields to packing house.\n\nPackinghouse Operators: Hand-jack operators will move fruit to packing line, move completed pallets away from the packing line, wrap completed pallets, and move pallets to cooler. Dump crates of fruit onto conveyor belt, stack the empty crates on a pallet, and tapes them up. Empty lugs of fruit rejected by color sorter/soft sorter into giant bin. Remove green/damaged berries on packing line. Place empty clamshells in fill by weight machine, then place completed clamshells into crate. Stack completed crates/boxes onto a pallet. Operate Forklift. Clean packing line at the end of each day: Sweep floors, clean conveyor belts and machinery, clean drains. Washing crates using crate washer machine. Preseason packing house cleanup/prep. Assisting of setting up packing lines/equipment for the season. Daily prep of the packing lines. Setting up lugs on the floor, setting up labeler issues, equipment jam,filler machines issues. Assisting with any packing machine/ equipment problem such as labeler issues, equipment jams, filler machine issues. The packing house packs 100% of its own fruit. The packing house is located on work-site property, see attached aerial view.\n\nBlueberry Hand Picker: The worker will pick blueberries by hand filling crates completely so dividers do not show. Carrying filled crates to the truck, then take an empty one back out to the field. \n\nPicking Machine Operator: (Night Shift beginning at 7:00 pm weather permitting) The workers will drive the picking machines, ride on the back of picking machine, remove full crates from machine, and stacking them on the trailer. Replacing full crates on the machine with an empty crate. Crate stackers will take full crates from the trailer, and stack them on a truck. \n
Crops/Commodities: \nAssorted flowers and peas. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. \n\nPerform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain work area.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. \n\nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision. \n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays.
Crops: Apples, Nectarines, Asian Pears, Plums, Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Squash, Butternut, Pumpkins\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nWorkers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nPeaches, Plums, Nectarines & Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of mechanical and non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, May aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands and/or bat to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required on stay on their assigned row. Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instance, fruit harvest will be done from up to a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 40 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is taken to transport vehicles and gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the filed bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, of to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\n
will work in a green house, hose watering , seeding, cropping, checking everyday the plants and flowers, assisting when time is right to ripping the fruit and vegetables, carry-on fruit and vegetables, caring and nursering the plants and trees
General activities include, but are not limited to the following: Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, clean and pack grapes. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Transplant and train vines by positioning shoots in trellis. Perform vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Install and maintain bird netting. Hand harvest grapes of correct size, color and ripeness. Do not detach stem from grape in harvest process. Worker will place grapes or grape clusters into harvest container until the correct level of fullness is reached. Worker will carry container to designated location for emptying or exchange with empty container. Worker will return to row and repeat process. Worker will not damage grapevine or grapes. Worker will clean grapes as shown, discarding damaged grapes and place appropriate amount of product into package, seal and stack. Sort, count, check, weigh, stack, unstack and mark boxes/flats. Some grapes will be taken to the winery and dumped into a crusher. Assist/move harvested fruit from field to processing area. Prepare fields. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Will perform general maintenance and indoor tasks or post-harvest activities when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Must consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Mow fields and maintain grounds surrounding the vineyard. Lift, carry, and load/unload products, materials and/or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences and grapevine trellis systems. Workers must comply with safety guidelines for usage of tools and equipment. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. \nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Prepare the fields, make beds, lay driptape. Plant and maintain vegetables which includes staking, tying, and pruning. Use of hand tools such as shovels, hoes, and clippers. Load and stack baskets on trailers. Lay plastic, install irrigation, manually plant, weed and clean plastic of debris. Picking of vegetables may be done with a specialty knife. Post harvest handling includes sorting, packing into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Job tasks include operation of tractors, farm equipment, trucks, irrigation equipment and other machinery.
Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants, shrubs, and trees, using hand tools and gardening tools. Regulate greenhouse conditions and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems, move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees using wheelbarrows or tractors, clean work areas and general maintenance and landscaping around farm grounds. Dig, rake, and screen soil filling cold frames and hot beds in preparation for planting.
Crops: Beans, Squash, Melons, Greens, Asian Vegetables, Long Beans, Bittermelon, Water Squash, Long Squash, Shanghai Bok Choy, Amaranth, Cauliflower, and other vegetable. \n\nWorker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nWorkers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will also build boxes, clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nVegetables: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest and harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking, hand seeding, trimming, scaling, water cooling, cutting vines, cleaning mulch plastic and drip tape and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n
Workers will perform various duties associated with planting, cultivating, harvesting, packing, weeding, irrigating, loading, unloading, and spraying crops. Crops include Radishes, Cabbage, and plant flowers.\n\nWorkers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting employers crops according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, may aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Pre-harvest duties involving grapes may include pruning, training, and trellising. \n\nWorkers will plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting, and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees. \n\nSanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate tractors and other farm equipment during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. \n\nForklift Operation during Packing Operations: Workers may be required to operate forklifts during packing operations as an incidental. Before any worker is required to operate a forklift, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation. Workers will be required to operate forklifts according to instructions and in a manner, that protects the operator, other workers, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest diversified crops that include but are not limited to vegetables, grapes, field garden flower annual and perennial crops. Use hand tools including, but not limited to, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, cleaning, packing and loading harvested products. Duties may also include constructing trellises, repairing fences and farm buildings, or participating in irrigation activities. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctors certificate may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours. \n\nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a workers Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather-reason. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. \n\nIn accordance with 8 CFR 214.2(h)(5)(xi)(A) and 20 CFR 655.135(j)–(k), employer prohibits the solicitation and payment of recruitment fees by workers. Workers who pay or are solicited to pay such a fee must inform the employer immediately. Employer will investigate all claims of illegal fees and take immediate remedial action as appropriate. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. All terms and conditions included in the job order will apply equally to all seasonal workers (U.S. and foreign H-2A), employed in the occupation described in this job order. Employer will advise all foreign H-2A workers of their responsibility to depart the United States upon separation of employment or completion of the H-2A contract period, unless the workers obtain an extension of status. Failure to contact the respective SWA office within the timeframe specified in 20 CFR 653.501(c)(3)(i) shall disqualify any applicant from the assurances set forth therein. In the event that the applicable H-2A wage rate decreases for any reason during the employer’s recruitment and/or H-2A contract period in the instant job order, the employer reserves the right to decrease its offered/paid hourly wage to the new, lower wage rate, as long as the new lower rate remains the highest of the AEWR, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, an agreed-upon collective bargaining wage, and the federal and state minimum wages in effect at the time work is performed. Work performed under the contract is exempt from federal overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).\n\nWorkers compensation insurance is provided. The carrier is ARI Insurance Company. Notify Barbara Wilde at (609) 425-9067 as soon as possible within 30 days in the event of an injury. \n\n
Plant, harvest, wash, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
The farm work position includes duties associated with planting, cultivation, harvesting, and packing of assorted fruits and vegetables; farm, field and packing maintenance, sanitation, and post-harvest cleanup as well as duties related to the deployment and maintenance of in-field irrigation and frost protection. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team- based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.\n\nTomatoes/Peppers: Pre-harvest duties for tomato/peppers may include laying plastic, planting, staking, and weeding plants by hand and/or hoe. Harvest primarily consists of harvesting tomato/peppers by hand. The outlined job duties will require workers to stand, walk, stoop, bend, and lift up to 40 pounds continuously. Each intergro bucket, which is the equivalent to 5/8 bushel, will need to be filled and delivered to the truck in the field. These tasks will require individuals to work quickly and consistently and for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the fruit and vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over- ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or bruising. Help with post-harvest cleanup including pulling, piling, and sorting plastic, stakes, string, and field row irrigation components. Instructions will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers.\n\nCucumbers, Squash, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Flowers, Eggplant, Pumpkins, Fall Squash, Sweet Corn: Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the fruit and vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over-ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or bruising. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer.\n
Plant and harvest fruit & vegetables (peppers, asparagus, squash (green & yellow, butternut)), cucumbers, tomatoes, melons (watermelons, cantaloupes), peaches, apples, sweet corn. Use hand tools such as shovels, waterwheels and baskets. Harvesting, transporting from fields and packing the crops. Lay drip tape and plastic and pick up at end of season. Manually plant & weed. Maintain crops by staking, tying, & pruning. All post harvest handling.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: tomatoes, pumpkins, beans, strawberries, eggplant, broccoli, pickles, peppers, greens, cabbage and other fruits and vegetables. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin, tie, stake and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort, package, and load harvested products. Operation of tractors, trucks, farm delivery vehicles, tillage equipment and machinery, rototillers, fork lifts, pumps, irrigation equipment, transplanting machinery, fertilizer spreaders, sprayers, planters, mowers, refrigerated containers, greenhouse machinery and equipment, cultivating equipment and machinery, packing and washing line equipment.Stock harvested products at farm stands.
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack the following crops: strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, sweet corn, tomatoes (round, plum), peppers (bell, jalapeno, long hot, cherry), eggplant, peaches, and sweet potatoes.\n \nGENERAL DUTIES / PROCEDURES:\nLay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Set and/or remove stakes. Manually pull weeds. Tie, prune, sucker, and thin crops as instructed by supervisor. Remove and/or clean plant debris and/or vines from ground or trellises. Workers must select harvestable produce based on supervisor’s instructions for correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Workers must clean, grade, sort, label and package produce as per supervisor’s instructions. Workers must package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates and load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles as per supervisor’s instructions, at all times following Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) policies. This job requires extensive walking, standing, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting and carrying of up to 70 lbs. Work may be in inclement weather including extreme heat, cold and/or rain for extensive periods of time. \n\nWorkers must have three months of verifiable commercial vegetable, fruit or berry farm experience with comparable operations, within the previous ten years. Experience should include knowledge of proper techniques of pruning, staking, suckering, and tying tomatoes, eggplant and peppers, as well as harvesting sweet potatoes.\n\nBlueberry hand harvest of ripe fruit, free from foreign material as well as cleaned of any red or green fruit. The harvest container will be a “full blueberry lug” to hold approximately 12 lbs of fruit. Full means above the ribs of container filling all venting holes but not so much as to crush fruit while stacking. \n\nWorkers should also have experience with high tunnel blackberry production including: assisting in the covering, removal and venting of plastic covering of high tunnels. Training, tying, tipping/pruning of blackberry vines. Harvesting of blackberries directly into final packaging by field grading, sorting and classifying by size, weight, color, and condition. Culling of bad fruit and clean harvest of all good berries are integral to this work.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: pickles, squash, tomato, black eggplant, Spanish eggplant, aji cito, long hot, jalapeno, habanero and bell peppers. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
Perform manual labor to plant, transplant, cultivate and harvest green onions and vegetables including leafy greens and herbs. Duties may include tilling soil, weeding, thinning, counting and checking crops. Prepare outdoor growing areas by setting up irrigation drip tape; laying, repairing and cleaning plastic; removing debris and weeds by hand and using gardening tools; and spacing plants at designated intervals. Locate, select, prepare, tag and load product onto wagons, racks and trucks for shipping. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears, knives, cutters, weeders, hand leeks, thinning hooks and weeding hooks. Workers may be given an employee number in order to keep up with piece rates. May work within an assembly line to pack product. May repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Operate farm tractors and equipment. Harvest green onions by hand. Undercut green onions. Pull bunches. Gather onions into bunches of five to seven. Tie bunches together with rubber bands. Once harvested, place the bunches of green onions into various sized cartons in the field weighing up to 40 lbs. Lift plants from the seedbed and trim the roots and tops. Pack in shallow boxes for removal to the field where they will be planted. Work in groups to harvest crops with truck that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Stack weighed boxes onto pallets. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctor's certificate may drive employer's vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours.\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer’s recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: cucumbers, squash, asparagus, plum tomato, black eggplant, Spanish eggplant, ahi cito, bell and cubanelle peppers. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein.\n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated. \n\nAsparagus, Peppers, Cucumbers, Sweet Corn, Squash, Cole Crops, Eggplant, and Lettuce: Workers will perform various duties all associated with harvesting and packing crops named in this order.\n\nAsparagus: Workers will move along assigned row, stopping, bending and reaching to cut asparagus spears at ground level may operate self-propelled harvesting aid on which workers ride while stopping to cut spears at ground level. Spears which are less than ¼ inch in diameter (measured at butt) are discarded. Spears over ¼ inch in diameter which exceed 12 inches in length will be re-broken at the butt end. Any spearhead which has begun to open will be discarded. Spears meeting harvest specification will be placed in a straight fashion in field buckets and carried to trucks or trailers for dumping. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must use care while using knifes to prevent injury to themselves and other workers. \n\nPeppers, Cucumbers, Sweet Corn and Squash: Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees. \n \nLettuce: Workers will cut mature heads using knife as specified by employer. Products will then be placed into boxes and placed on trailer for transport. Workers may grade products removing bad or damaged leaves and repack for shipment. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must take care not to damage surrounding plants during harvest. \n\nH2A employees will NOT drive vehicles, or handle / spray any pesticides.\n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\nThis employer may grow one or more other crops. Farmers frequently decide whether to plant these crops and what additional crops they will plant after this application is submitted. Information on crops planted after submission of this application will be disclosed in writing to the U.S. Department of Labor for approval as soon as it is known.\n\n
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nWorkers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will assist in irrigation activities. Workers will also clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nTomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Sweet Corn, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Melons, Garlic and Squash: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nLettuce & Leafy Greens: Workers will cut mature heads or leaves using knife as specified by employer. Products will then be placed into boxes and placed on trailer for transport. Workers may grade products removing bad or damaged leaves and repack for shipment. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must take care not to damage surrounding plants during harvest.\n\n
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand.\n
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load bell pepper, asparagus, tomatoes, eggplant, squash, cucumber, pickling cucumber and zucchini by hand and machine. Transplant crops by either riding on the back of a transplanter and feeding transplants carefully through fingers of the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil, or by walking and carrying trays through assigned rows in the field while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Manually harvest tomatoes by pulling tomatoes of the correct size and maturity from the vine, placing into bucket and carrying full buckets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows. Full buckets weighing approximately 35 lbs. will then be lifted and dumped into bins. Vine-ripe tomatoes will then be graded and sorted into individual RPC bins based on color and size before being stacked onto trailers in the field. Stems will be removed from harvested tomatoes. Workers will not break skin of tomato, drop tomato, or leave any appropriate product on the vine during harvest. Peppers, squash, zucchini, eggplant and cucumbers will be manually harvested by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows, and dumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers. Harvest asparagus by walking through rows and stooping to select spears of the correct grade as instructed by the supervisor, using a knife to cut spear at the base, gathering multiple spears in hand, chopping the woody ends of the spear group with a knife, placing into basket, carrying and dumping full baskets into crates in the field. Lay, tuck and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities including setting up, repairing, operating and maintaining drip and other irrigation equipment. Manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie, prune, sucker, thin and prune crops, as instructed by supervisor. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or trellises. Train vines or plants on strings or trellises. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Work in groups to harvest crops with agricultural equipment that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Workers must complete their own assigned rows as instructed by supervisor. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Non-latex gloves are provided at no cost and are strongly recommended to be worn. Long sleeve shirts and pants are recommended when harvesting to avoid contamination and skin irritation. Workers must discard and destroy produce that has been in contact with blood. Any produce harvested or still on the plant that has been exposed to blood shall be discarded and destroyed. Workers must pass by or discard any produce that bears obvious signs of pest activity, fecal contamination, plant disease, or physical damage, or any produce that has been dropped on the ground. Workers must wash buckets to avoid unnecessary introduction of soil into harvest containers and field bins, or onto tools or other harvesting equipment. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Repair fences and farm buildings.
Temporary Seasonal Position: Nursery and Greenhouse Worker | SOC Code: 45-2092.01\n\nAll applicants must be able, willing, qualified to perform work described & must be available for entire period.\n\nAmato's Nursery & Landscape Co Inc., Monmouth Junction, NJ, Middlesex\n\nPossible shift: 8:00AM-4:30PM. 40+ May be possibility of weekend work. Crops: Nursery Worker. Duties may include: Planting and harvesting various nursery stock grown on site, caring for the plants by weeding, pruning, and general care, working in the greenhouses, monitoring irrigation and general maintenance of equipment, irrigation, and tools, loading and unloading plants, pricing plants based on company pricing, maintenance of work areas, grounds, and greenhouses & other related Nursery and Greenhouse Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-2092.01 (onetonline.org). On-the-job training provided. Static strength; exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, unload, carry objects up to 80lbs (possible 2-person); may climb, walk, stand, reach, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, wash, clean: equip, grounds, area. Tools supplies and equipment provided at no cost to worker. Employer guarantees 3/4 of contract. Work outdoors, exposed to weather, hot or cold; hours may vary (+/-); possible downtimes and/or extended hours. Dependable: fulfill obligations. Attn. to detail: complete work tasks. Employer provided housing available to those who cannot reasonably return to their residence within the same day. No cell phone use during work hours. \n\n Must be 18 years of age. Drug/alcohol/tobacco free work zone. Worker has 3 days from date of hire to show legal authorization to work in the United States. Cash advances may apply at employer discretion.
Workers will plant greenhouse crops, irrigate crops, prepare plants for sale, and move crops as necessary. Workers will prune perennial fruit crops outdoors, prepare fields, plant fruit & vegetable crops, irrigate, cultivate, apply pesticides, weed, perform cultural work, harvest, field grade, orchard maintenance, load & unload wagons and trucks, and prepare crops for sale, deliver to and set up market. Perform routine equipment, building & greenhouse maintenance & sanitation.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: zucchini, cucumber, sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers, cubanelle peppers, eggplant, cantaloupe and melons. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin, tie, stake and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
Workers are required to work both inside structures & outside in various\nweather elements. May work with bedding plants, shrubs, small trees.\nDuties for plants include propagating, working on potting line, filing cold\nframes or hot beds, transplanting products to prepared areas, re-potting\ninto large containers. Shrubs and small trees are transplanted as needed to\npromote growth and harvested when applicable. Will wrap harvested bare\nroot trees with burlap. Sod must be kept watered, fertilized,&mowed, cut\ninto presized pieces & stacked on pallets or baled when harvested. Care\nof horticultural products includes weeding, pruning, mulching, raking,\nirrigating, fertilizing, & other media growth activities. Products must be\ntied, bunched, wrapped, priced, & tagged in preparation for market. Will\npack products to fill orders and maintain stock in storage areas. Provide adequate soil moisture throughout the growing season to help fast-growing plants establish strong roots and produce fruit. Additional crops pumpkins and vegetables.
Plant and harvest vegetables (Kale, Parsley, Cilantro, Asparagus, Turnips, Peppers (Bell, Serrano), Squash (Green, Yellow, Butternut), Cucumbers. Use hand tools such as shovels, waterwheels and baskets. Load and stack harvest baskets on trailer. Lay drip tape and pull at end of season. Set up irrigation, manually plant, weed, and clean plastic of debris. Maintain crops including staking, tying, pruning. Post harvest handling includes sorting and packing in bins, boxes and bags.
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nWorkers will perform various duties all associated with planting, cultivation and harvesting crops named in this order. Workers will also build boxes, clean, grade, sort pack and load harvested crops.\n\nPeppers, Cucumbers: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nLettuce and Cabbage: Workers will cut mature heads or leaves using knife as specified by employer. Products will then be placed into boxes and placed on trailer for transport. Workers may grade products removing bad or damaged leaves and repack for shipment. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must take care not to damage surrounding plants during harvest.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\n
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, & garden flower annual & perennial crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Cultivate/prepare land & greenhouse beds to grow products such as fruits, vegetables, hay, and grain. Workers will plant greenhouse crops, irrigate crops, prepare plants for sale, and move crops as necessary. Workers will prune and thin perennial fruit crops outdoors along with pruning and thinning live trees. Participate in irrigation activities; lay drip tape & plastic; pick up at the end of the season. Plant/transplant seeds/seedlings/trees; weed, thin, prune, & inspect crops/plants; spray fertilizer, pesticides, & herbicides to fertilize & control insects, fungi, & weeds. Install bird netting & other crop protection. General clean up & maintenance of farm grounds, greenhouses, barns, storage facilities & access to fields as well as ground areas around all farm buildings. May construct trellises; repair fencing & farm buildings as needed. Operate, maintain, & repair farm machinery, equipment, & vehicles. Dig up or move field grown shrubs, plants, & trees. Stake trees, tie, wrap, & pack to fill orders; cut, rake, tether, & stack hay. Harvest crops. Load/unload wagons & trucks to transport & prepare crops for sale & delivery to markets. Post harvest treatment of crops and hay; inspect/sort, clean, package, & load harvested products/produce. Job tasks include operation of tractors, farm equipment, trucks, all terrain vehicles, and other machinery.
Plant, weed, prune, stake, trellis, irrigate, harvest, sort, clean, pack, and harvest vegetable and small fruit crops.\n\nUse hand farming tools and rototiller
Crops/Commodities: \ncactus, succulent products and other plants. \nNursery dock workers will sort, clean, re-pot, assemble and label nursery stock in accordance with employer standards. Final product will be placed on trays and loaded on trucks for delivery.\nEssential duties: Maintain a clean, neat, orderly and safe work area. Ability to read numbers and names and differentiate between plants. Clean pots and plants. Repot/assemble plants in containers as directed by supervisor. Pack finished product securely in boxes and place in trays. Load finished trays onto racks. Shrink wrap finished racks and verify correct name and UPC are on labels. Load and unload plants from trucks.\nProficient and safe use of hand tools including but not limited to shovels and clippers. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. \nMust understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must select plants according to specific standards. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \nWork is done for long periods of time. Workers will assist in handling product (pulling, pushing or carrying) weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling and crouching. Work required when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures during working hours can range from 35 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop operations. \nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. \nEmployer will instruct workers in the safety and operation of equipment – including but not limited to forklifts - before use. Workers must operate equipment in a manner that protects operator, visitors, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions. \nCommunicate to supervisor any unsafe equipment or working area. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination.\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Must wear proper protective footwear that is closed-toe in nature with a non-slip sole, such as work boots or trail-type shoes. Shorts, bathing suits or other casual clothing not permitted. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\nEmployer-paid post-hire drug and alcohol testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use. Workers may not report for work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company premises, including housing, is prohibited and will be cause for termination.\nTobacco use strictly prohibited on company property except for specifically designated areas. No smoking, vaping or tobacco use of any kind permitted in the fields, company vehicles, worker housing, or on company premises. This is necessary to protect against transmission of toxins and contamination from tobacco by-products. Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found using any type of tobacco product in unauthorized areas. \nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. \n
Plant, cultivate, harvest and pack fruits and vegetables including but not limited to: strawberries, sweet corn, apples, peaches, tomatoes, string beans, pumpkins and cabbage. Perform ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning fruit trees. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Till soil. Transplant, weed, thin, or prune crops. Clean, grade, sort, pack, and load harvested products. Workers may ride on tractor, maintain trellises, repair fences and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Workers will walk the orchard carrying a six foot ladder from tree to tree to thin and prune. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune and thin each tree as shown by the field supervisor. Limbs must not be torn from the tree, nor should limbs be completely stripped of leaves. In thinning, workers will pluck by hand as instructed. Proper spacing and selection of fruit is critical to maximize the tree's potential yield. Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand, inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Workers must use care when grading and packing not to damage and bruise produce. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place acceptable produce into 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. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation duties, including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors. Occasional manual digging. Use mowers and weed eaters on employer’s premises around wells, buildings, farm equipment. Transplant in greenhouses. Move, load and unload greenhouse grown plants, planting tools and materials. Pot and label plants. Fill pots and trays with soil. Crops may be harvested and field packed, or transported to the packinghouse for further processing. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Perform manual labor to harvest, grade and pack cucumbers, peppers, squash, asparagus, and eggplant by hand.  Use hand tools such as hoes, knives, shovels, and harvest baskets. Determine produce sustainability for harvest based on size, degree of maturity or market standards.  Harvest produce using tools such as knives, clippers, and shears.  Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Place harvested produce into trailer that is being pulled by a tractor down the rows while harvesting.  Clean, grade, sort, wash, label, pack and load harvested produce. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and/or crates. Load and unload boxes, tools and materials onto pallets.  Cultivate and weed field crops.  Remove stakes, strings, irrigation drip tape and plastic mulch. Use hammers, wire clippers and other tools to construct trellises, fences, and farm structures. Install or remove items required in plastic culture. Install or remove stakes, wire, netting or string. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or trellises. Train vines or plants on string or trellises.  Install, maintain, and operate irrigation equipment. Dig and maintain irrigation ditches, field rows and right-of-ways. Clean and maintain all grounds and facilities. Perform farm, field, and shed sanitation duties.  Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies.  \nEquipment: John Deere tractors, John Deere sprayers, John Deere combines, forklifts \nCrops: Cucumber, Green pepper, Squash
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc, may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nDuties include but not limited to manually harvest various vegetable and fruit crops. In addition, workers will also assist with the growing of annuals and perennials. Workers will assist in starting the plants in a greenhouse. \n\nVegetables, and fruits: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (20) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Plant & harvest vegetables; stake & string eggplants & peppers; use hand tools such as shovels, water wheels & baskets; load & stack harvest baskets onto trailer; sort & pack vegetables into boxes & stack; pull plastic from ground, wrap & load onto trailer; set up irrigation equipment & pipe in ditches or furrows by hand & using shovels. May operate vehicles.
Workers will plant, transplant, harvest, wash and field pack a variety of vegetables (cole, mixed greens, squash, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins), fruit (strawberries and melon) and herbs. Drive tractor to cultivate, transplant and harvest. Weed and drive tomato stakes by hand. Move irrigation pipe by hand. Workers will participate in field cleanup. Worker should be able to lift 40lbs. Three months previous experience picking listed crops, fast paced work environment.
Pruning fruit trees greenhouse production, field planting, care, and cleanup. Fruit, vegetable & hay harvest, grading and packing of produce and bag field crops. Dig and plant seeds, or transplant seedlings by hand. Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, washing, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. Participate in preparation of ground for planting field crops and post-harvest field clean up. May operate vehicles. Maintain areas around structures such as barns, greenhouses, storage facilities, hand weeding, setting up and operating irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor drawn machinery. Fertilizers, or repellants to crops. Load and unload agriculture products including greenhouse production into trucks and ride with truck to deliver product to market locations. Cutting down of (fruit) trees and splitting of wood, cutting up and disposing trees due to storms or to maintain fields and access to fields.
Manually plant flowers as part of plant production, cultivate, harvest and transplant plants, picking orders, moving plants from one location to the other in preparation for transport, moving materials, equipment and tools as needed, loading plants onto trucks for transport to customers, general maintenance of the farm and greenhouses, as well as equipment and tools, general sanitation, watering plants, and making pots.
Workers will manually plant, cultivate, weed and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts and field , crops. They will use hand tools including: shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning or pruning crops. Workers will also apply pesticides and participate in irrigation activities. Their responsibilities will also include cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. They may construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings. Workers may operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Worker must have 1 months of experience driving tractors.\n\n
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load bell pepper, tomato, asparagus, strawberries, pickling cucumber, cucumber, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, specialty peppers, melons, cantaloupe, sweet corn, sweet potato, eggplant, green beans, peas, squash and zucchini by hand. Lay and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities. Install and take down hooped row cover. Manually pull weeds. Stake, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops, as instructed by supervisor. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or trellises. Train vines or plants on strings or trellises. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers to crops. Clear and maintain fields, ditches, greenhouses and work areas. Picking may involve use of a specialty knife, clipper and / or the use of mechanical agricultural equipment. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Clean, grade, sort, wash, label, pack and load harvested produce. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Apply ice to select harvested crops. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Repair fences and farm buildings. As a minor activity, operate, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and equipment to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. Workers with licenses may drive the bus or other transportation vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. \n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Instructions and general supervision will be provided by the supervisors or any other designated personnel assigned to lead work groups who count and check. Daily individual work assignments crew assignments, and locations of work will be handled via your area assigned supervisor as they assess their crop and operational needs.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack fruits and vegetables including apples, peaches, pears, cherries, nectarines, plums, blueberries, grapes, blackberries, strawberries, tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupes, melons, peas, beans, squashes, peppers, greens and sweet corn by hand. Transplant crops by either riding on the back of a transplanter and feeding transplants carefully through fingers of the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil, or by walking and carrying trays through assigned rows in the field while bending and stooping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Prepare land for new fruit tree planting. Plant fruit trees as instructed, including wrapping seedling and placing irrigation tape. \n\nHarvesting peaches, cherries, pears, apples, nectarines and plums usually involves the use of up to an 8 ft. ladder and extensive reaching when pulling from the limb and placing into baskets. Workers will be assigned a row and are responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row. Fruits are selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. Fruits are placed gently in the picking container until container is full. Full baskets will be dumped into bins or lugs located on trucks moving throughout the orchard or at the end of the row. Picking units must be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Fruit harvested specifically for sale at a roadside stand as fresh market specialty baskets in peck or half bushel containers must be field graded. Fruit harvested for sale at a roadside stand, extra care must be used to insure that each piece of fruit is undamaged and perfect. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\nManually harvest tomatoes by pulling tomatoes of the correct size and maturity from the vine, placing into bucket and carrying full buckets to truck. Full buckets weighing approximately 35 lbs. will then be lifted onto truck. Vine-ripe tomatoes will then be graded and sorted based on color and size before being stacked onto trailers in the field. Stems will be removed from harvested tomatoes. \n\nSquash, peppers, peas, corn and beans will be manually harvested by walking through the field and picking into baskets, carrying full baskets and dumping into bins located on trailers moving throughout the field. \n\nHarvest greens by walking along assigned rows, bending, and cutting the base of greens, bunching, banding, placing tied bunches into boxes, carrying and loading full boxes onto trucks moving in front of group. Determine maturity level of greens quickly and consistently by color, feel and size and apply correct defect tolerance, handling and harvest standards as instructed by supervisor.\n\nHarvest melons and cantaloupes using a knife to cut from the vine, and either place into bins located throughout the field, or placing at the end of row. Harvested melons and cantaloupes will then either be loaded onto the back of trailers, or tossed to other workers in an assembly line fashion and loaded into trucks. \n\nWalk through assigned row while bending and reaching to pick ripe strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes by hand without bruising or damaging the fruit, vine or bush. Workers must use care to pick plants clean of all berries or grapes of the correct color and size that are suitable for fresh fruit markets, as instructed by their supervisor. Unripe berries and grapes must not be picked. Grade and pack berries into containers according to supervisor’s instructions ensuring that there are no leaks. Once containers are full, workers will place them into boxes and carry full boxes to trailers in the fields at the end of the rows where fruit is inspected for quality and weight.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, including bedding plants, trees, and shrubs. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural field work experience handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience.\n\nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the production of greenhouse plants and other horticultural products. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant/pot seedlings, fill and label trays, move product to/from greenhouses and/or loading/unloading areas. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Clean/maintain work area. \n\nPrune, trim, and perform other general plant maintenance. Water or irrigate plants, and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Tie/position plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Wrap plants with burlap and other coverings as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade plants and trees. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety.\n\nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors/attachments mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. \n\nPerform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain work area.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.
Plant, harvest, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, grain crops and vegetables. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. \n\nPerform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain work area.\n\nPlant, cultivate and harvest vegetables and grain crops. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. \n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping.
Crops/Commodities: \nNursery stock, ornamentals, specimen and evergreen trees, shrubs, perennials, flowers. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable prior experience working in a tree and shrub nursery. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, mulching, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Remove plastic from seasonal holding houses in spring and cover seasonal holding houses with plastic in fall. Assist with building seasonal holding houses. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Fill, lift and carry various size pots with soil and plants. Plants must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process.\n\nManual tasks related to the growing of nursery stock will include some combination of the following: Prepare fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; plant seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); hand dig, load, unload or transplant bare-root nursery stock; straighten, tie, prune and shear trees and shrubs; cut, pull or remove and mow weeds or grass; move irrigation equipment; spray herbicides and insecticides and apply fertilizer. While fertilizing, workers will be expected to pick up and carry 35 pounds of fertilizer and distribute it with a 4-ounce cup. Accurate visual calibration and proper placement of fertilizer is required.\n\nTasks related to harvest of nursery stock will include the following: Take inventory and grade plants, prepare trees and shrubs for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary; dig; wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples; crimp wire baskets; lift, carry and load nursery stock; and unload, move or load supplies, including wire baskets. Hand digging of ornamental evergreens and conifers up to 5-6’ will be performed by 4-worker crews which will be expected to harvest between 40 and 45 plants per hour.\n\nMost field work is performed in crews of from 3 to 6 workers who will be required to maintain the pace of the average crew member. Crew work may consist of hand hoeing around nursery stock. Weeds are to be removed by the root and not at ground level. Shearing conifers and evergreens must be performed with proper taper and angle of bud cut for quality.\n\nWorkers need to be able to drum lace ball and burlap trees and shrubs. Mechanized tree spade helpers will work as part of a crew comprised of one operator and 2 helpers. The helper will remove the tree from the tree spade, tighten the burlap in an acceptable manner, crimp wire basket around the root ball, lace top of ball with sisal twine and crimp basket to tighten twine. The employer expects tree spade crews to harvest between 18 and 40 trees per hour depending on size and variety.\n\nWork will also include heavy mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tree spades, power shears, chain saws, high lift and fork lift, and tractors. Workers will be expected to operate and maintain agricultural equipment with or without direction.\n\nWork is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with packaged product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the indoor and outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, greenhouse-grown specialty plants, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Plant/propagate plants. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter, fill and label trays, and move product to/from greenhouses and loading/unloading areas.. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Crimp wire baskets.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. \n\nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers.
Workers will be responsible for all aspects of working on a small farm scale vegetable farm. These responsibilities include: seeding, planting, weeding, harvesting, hoeing and maintenance of row crops as well. Workers may need to drive a 75 hp tractor and attach farm implements to cultivate and weed in the field. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs and have 3 months of verifiable farm work experience.
Plant, harvest, wash, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Crops/Commodities: \nvegetables, livestock, poultry. \nPlant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. \n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. \n\nExamine animals for diseases and injuries. Assist with livestock and poultry vaccination. Apply routine medications. Tend to cuts and bruises. Spray livestock and poultry with insecticide. Assist with livestock castration. Clip, brand, or tag animals. Perform general livestock and poultry care. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. \n\nWork required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 110 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. \n \n \nTERMINATION.
General activities include, but are not limited to the following: Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, clean and pack grapes. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Transplant and train vines by positioning shoots in trellis. Perform vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Install and maintain bird netting. Hand harvest grapes of correct size, color and ripeness. Do not detach stem from grape in harvest process. Worker will place grapes or grape clusters into harvest container until the correct level of fullness is reached. Worker will carry container to designated location for emptying or exchange with empty container. Worker will return to row and repeat process. Worker will not damage grapevine or grapes. Worker will clean grapes as shown, discarding damaged grapes and place appropriate amount of product into package, seal and stack. Sort, count, check, weigh, stack, unstack and mark boxes/flats. Some grapes will be taken to the winery and dumped into a crusher. Assist/move harvested fruit from field to processing area. Prepare fields. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Will perform general maintenance and indoor tasks or post-harvest activities when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Must consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Mow fields and maintain grounds surrounding the vineyard. Lift, carry, and load/unload products, materials and/or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences and grapevine trellis systems. Workers must comply with safety guidelines for usage of tools and equipment. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. \nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, trees, shrubs, hay. \nTasks related to the growing of nursery stock will include some combination of the following: Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. \n\nPrepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able lift/carry 60 lbs\n\nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Non-employees access to work sites or adjacent areas strictly prohibited. Non-working minors may not be present, adjacent to worksites, or left in vehicles during the day. \n\nApplicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. All workers will be subject to a trial period of up to five days during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker if the employer reasonably finds worker's performance during the trial period to be unacceptable.
Workers will perform tasks for various employers as listed on their contract. \nCrops: Potted Annuals, Perennials, Vegetables, Ground Cover and Hanging Baskets \n\nGreenhouse/Nursery: Workers will perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivation, and otherwise participating in horticultural activities: haul, spread, dig, rake, and mix media to prepare the growing areas for production; cover and fill cold frames and greenhouses in preparation for planting; haul, plant, spray, weed, water, prune, trim, shape and space products; tie, bunch, wrap, and pack trees and shrubs to fill orders and load onto trucks for marketing; work on potting line, in a greenhouse, or in an outdoor production area, liners into containers and place in growing area.\n\nBedding Plants: Workers will fill flats with potting soil in preparation for planting. Filled flats will be stacked for transport to planting area. Worker will then plant plugs or seedlings into flats as instructed by supervisor. Planted flats will be tagged with appropriate picture tags. Completed flats will be watered in by hand and placed in growing area for finishing. \n\nPotted Plants/Hanging Baskets: Workers will fill pots/baskets with potting soil in preparation for planting. One or more transplants will be planted in each container as specified by supervisor. Completed containers will be watered and placed in growing area for finishing. Workers may be required to install hangers and tags on pots or baskets. Workers may be required to place watering tubes into containers to facilitate the irrigation process. \n\nVegetables, and fruits: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (20) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nGeneral duties: Duties performed in the field will be sporadic all through the contract due to various crops and crop conditions. Duties will/could include preparing soil, planting, pruning, cutting, deadheading, pinching, trimming to shape, spacing plants, fertilizing with granular or liquid fertilizer, cleaning work areas, transporting plant materials in the nursery/greenhouse areas, loading, and unloading plants and all other duties associated with ornamental plant production. Between harvesting, workers may be required to perform duties to prepare crops for marketing. Workers will also unload pallets from trucks or wagons into fields for transplanting. Worker may unload and restock for storage. \n\nLoading and unloading: Workers may be required to work on flatbed trailer tying B&B trees to the trailer with twine. Workers may be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees by hand into refrigerated trailers. Workers will be required to transfer from peat pots to carious selling container and transport to prepared fields for transplanting. When product is ready for marketing workers will load onto trucks to be shipped to purchaser’s locations.\n\nCultivation: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mower, or hilling disks. \n\nWatering: Workers may be required to water trees by hand using pumps and hoses. \n\n
See Addendum C
Crops/Commodities: \nNursery Stock. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the indoor and outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, greenhouse-grown specialty plants, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Plant/propagate plants. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter, fill and label trays, and move product to/from greenhouses and loading/unloading areas.. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Crimp wire baskets.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Prepare and/or clear land for planting using mechanized or hand equipment to remove trash, rocks, or other debris or material that may interfere with planting or harvesting activities. Level land by moving dirt and other materials. Equipment may include tractors, dozers, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chainsaws, bobcats, skid loaders, high lifts, and trucks or other vehicles. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job.
Planting, digging, moving, & pruning of trees and shrubs. Moving & placing mulch as necessary. Cutting of grass, removal of weeds, etc. Irrigate farm soil and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungi, and weeds. Build and mend fencing. Perform basic equipment maintenance and cleaning. Assist with other general labor tasks. All tasks will be performed on a farm.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock including, but not limited to, ornamental shrubs, perennials, roses. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers, utility knives, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field/road maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. \n\nPrepare fields/soil/container-growing area for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant, weed, and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select, harvest, assemble, and prepare plants pursuant to customer needs. Lift, carry, and load/unload nursery stock and/or supplies. Workers will assist in loading/ unloading trucks with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time.\n\nUncover winter plant storage facilities (‘hoop houses’) at the beginning of the growing season, to include: removing 1” x 2” strips of lumber, removing nails, and using machinery to bale plastic covering. Repair hoop houses prior to winter, to include: repairing, removing, and/or adding lumber to hoop house structure, and repairing metal hoops. Cover hoop houses prior to winter. Build new hoop houses, to include: driving metal support pipes into the ground, assembling and installing metal hoops, and installing irrigation lines. Cover and uncover plants with protective frosts blankets as needed during cold weather. On occasion, early morning hours will be required to irrigate plants as a protective measure against frost during cold weather.\n \nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during rain, snow, wind, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during rainy conditions not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock including, but not limited to, ornamental shrubs, perennials, roses. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable prior experience working in a nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers employed under this labor certification will be agricultural chemical handlers (‘Plant Health Applicator Assistant’) working under the direct supervision and management of a certified pesticide applicator in accordance with provisions at 40 CFR Part 170, the federal EPA Worker Protection Standard. Experienced nursery workers to work under the direct supervision and management of a certified pesticide applicator in accordance with provisions at 40 CFR Part 170, the federal EPA Worker Protection Standard. Specific duties and skills required include the following:\nPursuant to regulation, pesticide handlers must be a minimum of 18 years old.\n\nAccordingly, workers will be required to either possess current WPS handler training (must have been trained as a WPS handler within the last 12 months) or demonstrate the ability to be trained to be compliant with handler requirements under the Part. Any current certified applicator of restricted-use pesticides (in any category of certification) meets the handler standard by definition.\n\nAfter training handler/workers will be expected to be able to ascertain and apply appropriate fertilizer to facilitate plant growth or chemicals to eliminate undesirable growth and pests. Ability to use spray rigs is a prerequisite of the job operation (both hand sprayers and mist blowers). Ability to accurately measure and monitor precise volume of chemicals and fertilizer applications to ensure that the proper amount is applied at the appropriate time is a prerequisite. Ability to read and understand the pesticide product labeling applicable to the safe use of the pesticide, including label use directions and restrictions is a prerequisite. Accurate weighing and measuring as well as the proper sequencing of adding multiple products is a prerequisite. \n\nMust be able to drive tractors in order to transport sprayers. Must ensure that the sprayers are being transported properly throughout the nursery and that they are in good working order before and during the application process. \n\nMust have a thorough understanding of how to use the personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to respirators, eye shields, gloves, footwear and headgear that are required for each type of spray application. Refusal to wear PPE according to the standard established for each chemical by the WPS is grounds for termination. Must possess ability to understand verbal and/or written work instructions. \n\nJobs are repetitive in nature and must be performed in all climate conditions including hot, humid weather as well as rain, snow and sleet. These jobs require the ability to perform heavy lifting. Ability to pull 300 foot hose and work with protective clothing in hot conditions is essential. \n\nMust be flexible regarding working hours as several conditions impact chemicals’ application. These include:\n1. Weather conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind, rain, etc. These conditions can change quickly so the worker must be flexible to come in at off hours to spray at the correct time.\n2. Time of day. Certain chemicals are more effective when applied during early morning or evening hours.\n3. Work schedule of other nursery workers. When chemicals are being applied, no nursery workers can be in the immediate area. Worker may be asked to come in after hours when a particular area is void of people.\n\nMust demonstrate proficiency with job tasks and ability to comply with the handler standard within two weeks of hire.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock including, but not limited to, ornamental shrubs, perennials, roses. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers, utility knives, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field/road maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. \n\nPrepare fields/soil/container-growing area for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant, weed, and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select, harvest, assemble, and prepare plants pursuant to customer needs. Lift, carry, and load/unload nursery stock and/or supplies. Workers will assist in loading/ unloading trucks with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time.\n\nUncover winter plant storage facilities (‘hoop houses’) at the beginning of the growing season, to include: removing 1” x 2” strips of lumber, removing nails, and using machinery to bale plastic covering. Repair hoop houses prior to winter, to include: repairing, removing, and/or adding lumber to hoop house structure, and repairing metal hoops. Cover hoop houses prior to winter. Build new hoop houses, to include: driving metal support pipes into the ground, assembling and installing metal hoops, and installing irrigation lines. Cover and uncover plants with protective frosts blankets as needed during cold weather. On occasion, early morning hours will be required to irrigate plants as a protective measure against frost during cold weather.\n \nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during rain, snow, wind, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during rainy conditions not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. \nPrepare fields/soil for planting and harvesting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery plants, including perennials, bedding plants, vegetable plants and hanging baskets in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings. Propagate plants.Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \nAssist in constructing greenhouses and shade frames, winterizing by covering with plastic or remay. Preforming tasks around the potting machine which may include loading pots, planting plants, taking plants off conveyors and carrying into greenhouses. As plants mature and are ready for sale, workers will pull plants from the growing area and load into trucks, unloading plant deliveries, and loading plants for customers. Make cuttings off mother stock which requires long hours of kneeling and pruning with clippers and loading these cutting onto trucks and hauling to the packing shed.\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 75 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. \nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings. \nWorkers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may transport other workers.\nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Crops/Commodities: \nContainer Nursery Stock. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural work experience in a nursery handling manual tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Apply fertilizers, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. \n\nPlant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n\nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing acceptable prior experience. All workers will be subject to a trial period of up to five days during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker if the employer reasonably finds worker's performance during the trial period to be unacceptable. \n\nEmployer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. \n\nRaises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure. \n\nAll terms and conditions included in the job order will apply equally to all workers, both U.S. workers and H-2A workers, employed in the occupation described in this job order. \n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays.
Harvest tomatoes - move around field to picking location and pluck vegetables from plants, walk to and empty buckets into bins. Field care - tie plants, stake plants, prune plants, stuffing, clean drip emitters and microjets, pull plastic, remove plastic drip lines, remove dead plants, and weed removal. Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Workers may also be required to work in the packinghouse; however, workers' duties will not include repacking of any products processed in the packinghouse. Must be able to operate motorized farm equipment. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Drug testing and background checks will be done random, post-employment and paid by the employer. Must adhere to all proper food and safety procedures, security procedures, crew leader/manager/supervisor instructions, company polices and procedures. Must be able to lift 50lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50lbs. in field.
Operation, service and maintenance of manual and GPS farm equipment, including rippers, disks, plows, field cultivators, mechanical transplanters, water wheel planters, seeders, and mechanical blueberry harvesters. Installation and operation of pumping stations, hose reel travelers, and irrigation equipment.
Workers will be involved in seasonal maintenance and care of grapevines and other agricultural crops grown on the property. Duties include manually plant, cultivate, weed, prune, train and harvest grapes; use hand tools, such as shovels, hoes, pruning shears; till soil, apply fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides; plant and transplant vines; thin, prune and shoot position crops; harvest, clean, grade, sort, pack and handle harvested product; carry and move lugs of grapes equipment and other items weighing up 75 pounds; may also construct trellises, repair deer fences and farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Employers will work side-by-side with workers to insure work quality.\n\nA designated lead worker or company supervisor will provide general supervision. Technical horticultural activities will be closely supervised. However, workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. \n\nThe worksite vineyards uses organic and sustainable viticultural practices. Nonetheless, employer will comply with re-entry restrictions applicable to pesticides and other chemicals used in the fields.\n\nThe employer at no cost will provide to the worker, any tools or equipment necessary to perform required tasks. Tasks will be related to the planting, transplanting, growing, cultivating, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, harvesting and sorting/grading of grapes. Workers may be required to do any other manual task involved in the production of grapes including but not limited to removing and spreading vines, laying, spreading and removing posts and trellis wires and such other agricultural labor that may be needed upon the premises. All work must be performed carefully according to instruction to avoid damage to vines and grapes. \n\nMust be able to work outdoors in dusty and dirty conditions, in extremes of heat, cold and humidity, and in inclement weather. Must be able to crouch, bend, and sit on the ground, reach and lift and carry items weighing up to 75 pounds. Must be able to listen to, understand, and follow simple instructions of field operations leaders and supervisors. Must be able to work in fields where briers, poison ivy, multiple insects and small varmint such as mice and ground hogs, will be encountered. Due to the technical nature of pruning and training vines, workers will be expected to perform these tasks without injury or damage to vines or fruit.\n\nA minimum of three months experience is required pruning grapevines; shoot positioning grapevines; and planting/transplanting grapevines.\n\nBecause some work is technical in nature and may involve the use of farm implements and equipment that pose physical risks, workers may not report for work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company property is prohibited and will be cause for termination. Because we are an organic operation, no tobacco smoking is allowed on the premises.\n
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: cucumbers, squash, asparagus, plum tomato, black eggplant, Spanish eggplant, ahi cito, bell and cubanelle peppers. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest the following crops: pickles, squash, tomato, black eggplant, Spanish eggplant, aji cito, long hot, jalapeno, habanero and bell peppers. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops. Clean, grade, sort package and load harvested products.
Planting of new orchard plants; blueberries, raspberries, apple trees, pumpkins, etc. Picking of blueberries, raspberries and pumpkins for retail. Installing protective deer fencing around the orchard plants. Maintaining bird netting over the berries. Hand hoeing for removal of weeds in the fields. Help feed animals: chickens, goats, pigs, and horses.
Work in nursery facilities cultivating, harvesting, and transplanting trees, shrubs and plants. Duties: Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants, shrubs, and trees, using hand tools and gardening tools. Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality. Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs. Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping. Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels. All tools will be\nprovided.
Worker will plant, cultivate and harvest vegetable crops. Responsibilities include: ground preparation by removing rocks, spreading soil amendments and tilling. Planting crops by and or using mechanical transplanters. Cultivating crops to remove weeds and spreading mulch. Fertilizing and spraying crops. Maintain and cover greenhouses. Moving irrigation equipment. Covering crops with protective covers and installing fencing. Pruning and trellising crops by setting posts, line and netting. Tying and weaving crops to trellis. Harvesting crops by pulling, digging or cutting. Loading crops to remove from field and to storage facilities. Loading crops to ship. Washing, bunching and packing crops. Distribution of crops to markets, stores or other distribution sites.
Workers are required to work both inside structures and outside in various weather elements. May work with bedding plants, shrubs, small trees. Duties for plants include propagating, working on the potting line, filling cold frames or hotbeds, transplanting products to prepared areas, re-potting into large containers. Shrubs and small trees are transplanted as needed to promote growth and harvested when applicable. Will wrap harvested bare pallets or baled when harvested. Care of horticultural products includes weeding, pruning, mulching, raking, irrigating, fertilizing, & other media growth activities. Products must be tied, bunched, wrapped, priced, & tagged in preparation for market. Will pack products to fill orders and maintain stock in storage areas. \n
Performs duties like: drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store corn, green pepper, sweet potato, watermelon and tomato. Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc and drill to tractor. Till soil; plant and cultivate crops. Tow harvesting equipment. General seasonal farm duties like mowing, weed wacking, pressure washing equipment. Operate and maintain trickle system irrigation systems. Greenhouse maintenance. Drive forklift. Work in employer owned packing house on the farm. Operate sprayer applicator. General lubrication, service (check fluids) and mechanical repair to farm machinery. Drive trucks to transport crops to elevator or storage area. \nEquipment: Tractors, forklifts, pickup trucks \nCrops: Corn, Green pepper, Sweet Potatoes, Tomato, Watermelon
Performs duties on a farm like: picking, weeding, packing in the employer owned packing house on the farm. Pruning, stringing, digging with shovels. Rolling & unrolling frost protectant fabric. Hoeing, planting on machine and by hand. \n\nCrops: Asparagus, Green pepper, Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Tomato, Watermelon
Crops/Commodities: \nbeekeeping. \nThis job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working on a honeybee farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with beekeeping. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Prepare bees and bee equipment for pollination. Worker must be familiar with working with bees in all stages, from the egg through fully developed workers, drones and queens; must work all aspects of commercial bee keeping, including accessing a colony to determine if it needs food or medicine, feeding and medicating bees, maintaining hives in a healthy state, increasing number of hives, raising and replacing queens, making divides, making, painting and cleaning boxes, supering hives. Harvest/extract honey. Run queen breeding yard and produce queen bees. Manipulate and service hive structures and haul bees to and from different hive locations to ensure healthy and productive honeybee colonies. Must respond correctly to bees to harmonize with their natural cycle and keep them in the healthiest state possible for survival and profitability. General maintenance and servicing of equipment and facility. \nWork is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers may assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers’ ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations.\nWorkers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may be asked to drive other workers.\nEmployer assures that workers will be provided transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing.)\nThe employer may discipline the worker, including brief suspension of work activities (“time out”) for a period determined by the supervisor, suspension from employment for a set period of days or termination of employment as described in the “Work Rules."\nWorkers may not report for work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on Company property is prohibited and will be cause for immdediate termination.\nPersons seeking employment as experienced Beekeeper must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Workers hired pursuant to this job order will be subject to a trial period of up to 5 business days during which their performance of required tasks will be evaluated. If the performance is not acceptable to the employer in its sole discretion the worker will be terminated. \nRaises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure. \nAn applicant for this job must be available to work for the entire duration of the itinerary.
Take inventory and grade plants, prepare trees and shrubs for digging and tying or wrapping with twine as necessary. dig trees and shrubs using shovels. Wrap plants in burlap. prepare fields by clearing cull stock, brush & debris. Dig, load, unload or transplant bare rooted nursery stock. Plant seedlings or liners by hand. Straighten, tie, shear nursery stock. rake & clean sheared nursery debris. Perform skills associated with propagation of ornamental trees. Water, fertilize nursery stock. Standing on feet throughout day. Three months experience necessary. Lifting of 50lbs on a regular basis. . May get up to 15 hours overtime when available. Time and a half pay begins after 60 hours.
Crops/Commodities: \nannual flowers, field crops, pumpkins, fall mums, shrubs. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the production of greenhouse plants and other horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, and other horticultural varieties. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant/pot seedlings, fill and label trays, move product to/from greenhouses and/or loading/unloading areas. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Clean/maintain work area.\n\nPrune, trim, and perform other general plant maintenance. Water or irrigate plants, and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Tie/position plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Wrap plants with burlap and other coverings as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade plants and trees. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. \n\nPlant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. \n\nPlant, cultivate and harvest produce in a greenhouse operation. Lower and clip plants, remove shoots, prune, de-leaf, and harvest crops. Raise and lower vines. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, brooms, clippers, rakes, and knives. Plant, interplant, and transplant by hand. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops.Install drippers and hang hooks. Grading, sort, pack, and weigh product. Stack and de-stack product and supplies. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. May use mechanized equipment including but not limited to: sprayers, high lifts, and other power tools/equipment. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with greenhouse and pack house maintenance and repairs. \n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, including but not limited to, grasses, perennials, shrubs, container-grown trees. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of prior experience working on a nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, mulching, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Remove plastic from seasonal holding houses in spring and cover seasonal holding houses with plastic in fall. Assist with building seasonal holding houses. Fill, lift and carry various size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 60 pounds. Plants must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process.\n\nPlants, cultivates and maintains in condition for shipping and resale to customers nursery stock, including grasses, perennials, small shrubs and container-grown trees. Pots seedlings, prunes, transplants, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to variety. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock and maintenance of holding yards and shipping areas.\n\nWork is to be done in the field for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers may assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. \n\nIn addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding and other tasks related to a nursery operation. \n\nWork may also include mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators, potting machines and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. \n\nWorkers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Field workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.\n\nEmployer assures that workers will be provided, at no cost, transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulations).\n\nPersons seeking employment as experienced nursery worker must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, including but not limited to, grasses, perennials, shrubs, container-grown trees. \nDrive semi tractor-trailer truck to/from delivery or pickup destinations. Regularly climb into and out of trucks and trailers. Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order. Inspect loads to ensure that cargo is secure. Secure cargo for transport using ropes, blocks, chains, binders, or covers. Check all load-related documentation for completeness and accuracy. Maneuver trucks into and out of loading and unloading positions. Load-unload trailers and cargo. Handle equipment and cargo carefully to prevent damage. Interact with roadway officials. Complete pre-trip and post-trip inspection and paperwork on trucks and trailers. Clean/maintain lights, windows, and mirrors, and vehicle exterior. Add engine oil and fuel as needed. Perform preventative maintenance. Must be able to drive in rain, snow, and other hazardous conditions as needed. Drive in both on-road (paved) and off-road conditions. May drive other vehicle types. Use GPS and/or maps to navigate to destinations. Read/comprehend traffic signage and directions. \n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nEmployer uniformly conducts a post-employment DOT physical, background check and motor vehicle records check. Employer-paid pre-employment, as well as post-employment random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing required. Drug testing conducted uniformly for all employees, both foreign and domestic, after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Tests are conducted in accordance with USDOT standards after the initial employment offer has been extended and accepted. Drug test not required for prospective applicants prior to hiring decision. Workers testing positive will be immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local or foreign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. The employer will also test at random. Insurable driver’s license required within 30 days following hire in order to drive company vehicles, including semi-trucks. Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license, Class A CDL or equivalent, and a clean driving record throughout employment and comply with applicable requirements of the United States Department of Transportation regulations. Must have no disqualifying factors under applicable law or employer's motor vehicle insurance policy. Disqualifying factors include but are not limited to: conviction for driving under the influence, driving while impaired or the occurrence of a serious at-fault accident. A uniformly conducted motor vehicle records check will assess whether applicant has a clean driving record and is legally entitled to operate commercial motor vehicles in the United States. \n\nWorkers need to work with sales representatives and/or merchandizer at the stores to assist in handling product including but not limited to unloading product, placing them in merchandizing tables, collecting plants and rolling racks.\n\nSupervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision.
Workers will perform tasks for various employers as listed on their contract. \nCrops: Potted Annuals, Perennials, Vegetables, Ground Cover and Hanging Baskets \n\nGreenhouse/Nursery: Workers will perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivation, and otherwise participating in horticultural activities: haul, spread, dig, rake, and mix media to prepare the growing areas for production; cover and fill cold frames and greenhouses in preparation for planting; haul, plant, spray, weed, water, prune, trim, shape and space products; tie, bunch, wrap, and pack trees and shrubs to fill orders and load onto trucks for marketing; work on potting line, in a greenhouse, or in an outdoor production area, liners into containers and place in growing area.\n\nBedding Plants: Workers will fill flats with potting soil in preparation for planting. Filled flats will be stacked for transport to planting area. Worker will then plant plugs or seedlings into flats as instructed by supervisor. Planted flats will be tagged with appropriate picture tags. Completed flats will be watered in by hand and placed in growing area for finishing. \n\nPotted Plants/Hanging Baskets: Workers will fill pots/baskets with potting soil in preparation for planting. One or more transplants will be planted in each container as specified by supervisor. Completed containers will be watered and placed in growing area for finishing. Workers may be required to install hangers and tags on pots or baskets. Workers may be required to place watering tubes into containers to facilitate the irrigation process. \n\nVegetables, and fruits: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (20) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nGeneral duties: Duties performed in the field will be sporadic all through the contract due to various crops and crop conditions. Duties will/could include preparing soil, planting, pruning, cutting, deadheading, pinching, trimming to shape, spacing plants, fertilizing with granular or liquid fertilizer, cleaning work areas, transporting plant materials in the nursery/greenhouse areas, loading, and unloading plants and all other duties associated with ornamental plant production. Between harvesting, workers may be required to perform duties to prepare crops for marketing. Workers will also unload pallets from trucks or wagons into fields for transplanting. Worker may unload and restock for storage. \n\nLoading and unloading: Workers may be required to work on flatbed trailer tying B&B trees to the trailer with twine. Workers may be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees by hand into refrigerated trailers. Workers will be required to transfer from peat pots to carious selling container and transport to prepared fields for transplanting. When product is ready for marketing workers will load onto trucks to be shipped to purchaser’s locations.\n\nCultivation: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mower, or hilling disks. \n\nWatering: Workers may be required to water trees by hand using pumps and hoses.
PREPARE TREES FOR HARVEST BY CUTTING ROOTS AND REMOVING SOIL USING A SHOVEL, PICK AX AND HAND TOOLS. PACKAGE MECHANICALLY DUG TREES FOR TRANSPORT BY WRAPPING ROOT BALL IN BURLAP, TYING BASKETS AND BASKETS WITH SISAL ROPE AND CRIMPING WIRE BASKETS. WORKERS WILL COVER LOADED TRAILERS WITH TRANSPORT TARPS AND TIE TREES USING SISAL ROPE. WORKERS WILL UNLOAD BARE ROOT TREES TO BE PLANTED, CARRYING BUNDLES OF TREES WEIGHING 50 - 75 LBS FROM TRACTOR TRAILER STAGING AREA 50 -100 FEET AWAY. PRUNE, LOAD, PLANT AND STAKE NEW TREES. PERFORM GENERAL FARM DUTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNLOADING AND ORGANIZING SUPPLIES, CLEAN UP AND MAINTENANCE OF FARM GROUNDS AND FACILITIES. MUST BE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
PREPARE TREES FOR HARVEST BY CUTTING ROOTS AND REMOVING SOIL USING A SHOVEL, PICK AX AND HAND TOOLS. PACKAGE MECHANICALLY DUG TREES FOR TRANSPORT BY WRAPPING ROOT BALL IN BURLAP, TYING BASKETS AND BASKETS WITH SISAL ROPE AND CRIMPING WIRE BASKETS. WORKERS WILL COVER LOADED TRAILERS WITH TRANSPORT TARPS AND TIE TREES USING SISAL ROPE. WORKERS WILL UNLOAD BARE ROOT TREES TO BE PLANTED, CARRYING BUNDLES OF TREES WEIGHING 50 - 75 LBS FROM TRACTOR TRAILER STAGING AREA 50 -100 FEET AWAY. PRUNE, LOAD, PLANT AND STAKE NEW TREES. PERFORM GENERAL FARM DUTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNLOADING AND ORGANIZING SUPPLIES, CLEAN UP AND MAINTENANCE OF FARM GROUNDS AND FACILITIES. MUST BE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.
Plant, harvest, wash, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Workers will manually plant, cultivate, weed and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts and field , crops. They will use hand tools including: shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning or pruning crops. Workers will also apply pesticides and participate in irrigation activities. Their responsibilities will also include cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. They may construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings. Workers may operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Worker must have 1 months of experience driving tractors.\n\nLos trabajadores plantarán, cultivarán, desécer y cosecharán manualmente verduras, frutas, nueces y cultivos de campo. Utilizarán herramientas manuales que incluyen: palas, llanas, azadas, manipuladores, ganchos de poda, tijeras y cuchillos. Los deberes pueden incluir labrar el suelo y aplicar fertilizantes; trasplantar, desgainar, adelgazar o podar cultivos. Los trabajadores también aplicarán pesticidas y participarán en actividades de riego. Sus responsabilidades también incluirán la limpieza, el embalaje y la carga de los productos cosechados. Pueden construir enrejados, reparar cercas y edificios agrícolas. Los trabajadores pueden operar tractores, maquinaria tirada por tractores y maquinaria autopropulsada para arar, arrancar y fertilizar el suelo, o para plantar, cultivar, rociar y cosechar cultivos. El trabajador debe tener 1 mes de experiencia conduciendo tractores.
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.\n\nPeaches, & Nectarines: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, may aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care, and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row.\n\nThe following description of job activities applies to peaches, and nectarines.\n\nHarvest: Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instance, fruit harvest will be done from a six-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is taken to transport vehicles and gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the filed bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, of to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\n
Perform manual labor related to the growing of nursery stock that will include some combination of the following: preparing fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; planting seedlings or “liners” by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); digging, loading, unloading or transplanting bare root nursery stock; straightening, tying, pruning and shearing trees and shrubs; cutting, pulling or removing and mowing weeds or grass; moving irrigation equipment; spraying herbicides and insecticides and applying fertilizer. While fertilizing, workers will be expected to pick up and carry 35 pounds of fertilizer and distribute it with a 4-ounce cup. Accurate and visual calibration and proper placement of fertilizer is required. Most fieldwork is performed in crews of 3 to 6 workers who will be required to maintain the pace of the average crewmember. Crew work may consist of hand hoeing around nursery stock. Weeds are to be removed by the root and not at ground level. Shearing conifers and evergreens must be performed with proper taper and angle of bud cut for quality. \n\nTasks related to harvest of nursery stock will include the following: taking inventory and grading plants; preparing trees and shrubs for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary; digging; drum lacing and quarter lacing; wrapping burlap or other covering around root balls and securing with twine and/or staples; crimping wire baskets; lifting, carrying and loading nursery stock and unloading, moving or loading supplies, including wire baskets. Hand digging of ornamental evergreens and conifers up to 5-6’ will be performed by 4-worker crews which will be expected to harvest between 40 and 45 plants per hour. Plants must be handled carefully to ensure that leaves, limbs and roots are not broken during digging, handling, wrapping and/or transplanting processes. \n\n Workers must be able to perform all duties of entry level workers as well as perform additional mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. \n\nMechanized tree spade helpers will work as part of a crew comprised of one operator and 2 or more helpers. The helper will remove the tree from the tree spade, tighten the burlap in an acceptable manner, crimp wire basket around the root ball, lace the top of ball with sisal twine and crimp basket to tighten twine. The employer expects tree spade crews to harvest between 18 and 40 trees per hour depending on size and variety. \n\nWork will also include heavy mechanized fieldwork using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include power shears, chain saws, high lift and forklift, skid loader and tractors. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. \n\nOther related tasks include, but are not limited to, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses, spacing, tagging and performing other plant maintenance. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Remove plastic from hoop houses in spring and recover in fall, if necessary. Fill various size pots with soil and plants occasionally weighing as much as 75 pounds. Propagate plants from cuttings. Grafting and summer budding of dogwoods.\n\nWorkers who have a valid driver's license and doctor's certificate may drive vehicles and transport workers, and may be offered additional hours.\n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock and flowers. \nPerform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the production of greenhouse plants and other horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, and other horticultural varieties. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant/pot seedlings, fill and label trays, move product to/from greenhouses and/or loading/unloading areas. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Clean/maintain work area. Wash buckets, remove trash and sweep work areas as necessary.\n\nPrune, trim, and perform other general plant maintenance. Water or irrigate plants, and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Tie/position plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Wrap plants with burlap and other coverings as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade plants and trees. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety.\n\nInstall/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. \n\nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\n\nWorkers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer’s products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.\n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.\n\nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.\n\nOutdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. \n\nEmployer requires all newly-hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid drug test before starting work. Drug test not required for prospective applicants prior to hiring decision. All testing is conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Workers testing positive will be immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local or foreign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. The employer will also test at random.
Farm workers and Greenhouse laborers for commercial potted flower and plant operation \nWorking inside temperature controlled greenhouses and outside in fields Manually planting flowers in pots on a conveyor production line. Packing flowers and picking plants and flowers for orders. Ticketing/labeling pots and wrapping plants and boxing plants. \nWeeding watering fertilizing with hose, spraying pesticides and fungicides, laying down plants on ground inside greenhouses and outside fields Installing drip irrigation for fields and inside greenhouses. Cleaning and dumping plants for next crops, Sweeping floors. Some tasks could be heavy lifting up to 50lb. Help pull plastic on greenhouses. Repairing deer fence and cutting lawn for weed prevention on farm. Putting plastic pots in potting machines and loading carts and unloading carts with plants. Wrapping carts with Shrink wrap plastic for order to go out. Making medal and wooden rack to put plants on to ship for sale. Scouting for pest and report to growers. Drug testing given post hire at employers expense. Work hours may vary from 40hrs. - 60 hrs. per week. Work days may vary from time to time depending on weather conditions; therefore, Saturday and/or Sunday work may be expected.
Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack peppers, potatoes, cabbage, asparagus, and cilantro. Operate agricultural equipment and trucks/farm vehicles. Stake and tie peppers. Hand harvest pepper, place into basket, take basket to trailer and dump pepper into bin. During harvest, workers are to keep up with trailer that is constantly being pulled down the rows. Operate tractor to pull trailer in field during harvest. Use hand tools including hoe, shovel, scissors, weed wacker and leaf blower. Workers will apply fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides; pull weeds; remove drip tape, stakes and string; lay and pull plastic; load and unload materials and products; and assemble, stack and restack boxes and crates. Grade, count to 100 to sort crops in boxes, and classify crops by size, weight, color, or condition. Remove defective crops as defined by grading standards as crops move across grading tables. Discard inferior or defective product and/or foreign matter. When grading, worker will push product into appropriate chute for packaging. Workers may transport products from fields to packing house. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Repair and maintain farm buildings and fences. Clean and maintain equipment, materials and work areas. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies. Workers with licenses may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional work hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer’s recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company premises is prohibited and will be cause for immediate termination.
Plant seeds and care for crops in field and greenhouse. Cultivate, weed, water, fertilize nursery plants as necessary. Operate mechanized tilling and mowing equipment.\nList of crops: \nTomatoes\nPeppers\nCucumbers\nGreens\nBeans\nPeas\nChicory\nRadish\nSummer squash\nWinter squash\nCarrots\nBroccoli\nCauliflower\nCabbage\nSweet potato\nHerbs\n
Crops/Commodities: \nBedding plants (annuals and perennials), shrubs. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience work in a greenhouse or wholesale nursery handling manual tasks including field crop production and harvesting activities associated with production of bedding plants (annuals and perennials) and shrubs. Workers must be able to perform manual tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery plants, including perennials, bedding plants, vegetable plants and hanging baskets in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout seasonal holding houses. \n\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. \n\nMust understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. \n\nWork required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. \n\nAllergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. \nWorkers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n \nMust wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Shorts, bathing suits or other casual clothing not permitted. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work. Supervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings. \n\nWorkers required to follow common sanitary practices at all times, particularly when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Workers required to wash hands thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities. \nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables and fruits. Use hand tools to till, fertilize, transplant, weed, thin, prune, apply pesticides, clean, irrigate, and load produce. Operate, repair, maintain tractors/implements to grow and harvest crops. Mix and apply agrichemicals, maintain fences and buildings. \n\nSembrar, cultivar, y cosechar manualmente vegetales, frutas,. Utilisa herramientas de mano para harar, abonar, transplantar, deshierbar, podar, aplicar pesticidas, limpiar, regar agua, y cargar producto. Operar, reparar, y mantener tractores/implementos para cultivar y cosechar cultivos. Mesclar y aplicar agroquimicos, mantener edificios y cercas. \n
Performs duties like: drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc and drill to tractor. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive and operate self-propelled combine. General lubrication, service (check fluids) and mechanical repair to farm machinery. Drive grain trucks to transport crops to elevator or storage area. \n\nEquipment: Tractors, Sprayers, Combines, Forklifts\n\nCrop: Corn, Cucumber, Grain, Green pepper, Small Grain, Soy Beans, Wheat, Squash
Peaches, Nectarines & Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivating, and harvesting fruit according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock and do pruning activates using a variety of mechanical and non-mechanical tools. May remove blossoms to improve yield and quality. May aid in irrigation duties, May aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers may thin and/or harvest fruit. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into half bushel baskets taking the extra time, care, and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. Workers may windrow bull containers or carry full containers weighing approximately 50 lbs. to truck or trailer and stack according to supervisor’s specifications. Fruit thinners will thin fruit using hands and/or bat to knock off excess fruit, spacing remaining peaches approximately one hand width apart, taking care to walk around entire tree before moving onto next. Workers will be required on stay on their assigned row.\n\nThe following description of job activities applies to peaches, apples, and nectarines.\n\nHarvest: Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instance, fruit harvest will be done from up to a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 40 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is taken to transport vehicles and gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the filed bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, of to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\nPruning: While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw pruners, chain saw, pole saws and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker’s wages. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern for each orchard and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard. In some instances, pruning will be done from up to a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 40 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. Workers must remove all resulting materials from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center if the tractor/equipment middles. Workers will be required to pick up and return pruning ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.\n\n
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc, may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein. \n\nSanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.\n\nWorkers must strive for a 5% or less bruising rate. \n\nDuties include but not limited to manually harvest various vegetable and fruit crops. In addition, workers will also assist with the growing of annuals and perennials. Workers will assist in starting the plants in a greenhouse. \n\nVegetables, and fruits: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (20) to over one hundred (100) degrees.\n\nFarm Equipment Operation During Field Operations: Workers will be required to operate trucks, tractors, mowers, forklift and other farm equipment during field or packing operations as an incidental activity in the production of crops. Workers may be required to perform general maintenance and make repairs to farm equipment. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Workers must notify supervisor of any mechanical issues. Workers will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.\n\nFarm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties.\n\n
Crops/Commodities: \nannuals, perennials, holiday plants. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. \n\nPrepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. \n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n\nWorkers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may be asked to drive other workers. \n\nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock, ornamental shrubs, trees, plants. \nThis job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable prior experience working in a nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. \n\nPlants, cultivates and maintains bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pots seedlings, prunes, transplants, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to variety. May uncover and/or recover winter storage houses. Weeds, mows, loads/unloads truck and wagons. May operate tractors and other mechanical equipment under supervision. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock and maintenance of holding yards and shipping areas.\n\nWork is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with packaged product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. \n\nIn addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding and other tasks related to nursery operation. \n\nWork may also include mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. \n\nEmployer assures that workers will be provided, at no cost, transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulations). \n\nWorkers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles. \n\nPersons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. All workers will be subject to a trial period of up to five days during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker if the employer reasonably finds worker's performance during the trial period to be unacceptable\n\nWorkers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision.
Crops/Commodities: \nOrganic crops including but not limited to: vegetables, micro greens, edible/cut flowers, ginger, herbs. \nJobs offered are working on a diversified organic crop farm performing both manual and mechanized tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor or hand tools. \nPlant, cultivate and harvest vegetables using hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes, hand snips and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand or using mechanical transplanter. Stake/tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops by hand or using harvesting machine. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. \nApply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.\nCultivate, sort, pack potatoes. Weed fields by hand or with a hoe. Sort potatoes on conveyor belt, removing the damaged potatoes and foreign materials by hand. Maintain clean working environment, shoveling dirt and other debris from work area. \nPerform manual and machine tasks associated with grain and hay crops production, including but not limited to: disking; aerating; seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); and stacking hay. Plant, maintain, harvest, husk and pack rice. Plant rice transplants by hand or using transplanter. Harvest with rice harvester into drying bins; husk using rice husker and pack into bags.\nPlant, cultivate and maintain nursery plants. Pot seedlings. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout seasonal holding houses. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. \nPlant, cultivate, harvest, and pack cut flowers. Work in fields and greenhouses. Move harvested flowers to barn and greenhouse and place flowers into cooler. Pull cut flowers out of cooler, bundle, wrap, and re-pack. Lay fabric. Pull up and put away drip line after harvest. \nAll crops: record harvest location and weight on clipboard. Move harvested crops into coolers or storage.\nWork on production line. Wash, grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage.\nLift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. Clean/organize seed/harvest tools/storage areas. Conduct inventory counts.\nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. \nClear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.
Workers will plant greenhouse crops, irrigate crops, prepare plants for sale, and move crops as necessary. Workers will prune perennial fruit crops outdoors, prepare fields, plant fruit & vegetable crops, irrigate, cultivate, apply pesticides, weed, perform cultural work, harvest, field grade, orchard maintenance, load & unload wagons and trucks, and prepare crops for sale, deliver to and set up market. Perform routine equipment, building & greenhouse maintenance & sanitation.
Plant, harvest, pack, grow, irrigate, fertilize, weed, apply pesticides, & prune: fruit trees, small fruits, vegetables, ornamental, hay & grain crops; maintain ornamental & vegetable greenhouses; livestock care, feeding, & handling; includes machine operations & maintenance & crop transportation.
Crops/Commodities: \nnursery stock. \nMow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment/refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. \n\nPrepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Uncover and/or recover polycovered winter storage houses. Install and remove poly blankets used for winter protection. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Must be familiar with a range of proper plant names and sufficiently familiar with plant identifications so as to accurately and timely pull orders and then safely load on delivery trucks for local and interstate shipments. Workers will be required to demonstrate their plant identification knowledge through a pre-employment test. Generate written reports. Capable of frequent heavy lifting of plants.\n\nWork is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 50 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod or bees may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. \n\nWorkers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.
Perform manual labor to plant, transplant, cultivate, harvest and pack a variety of herbs and lettuce. Prepare growing media for seeding. Propagate plants, cuttings and seedlings. Fill drums with bags of fertilizer, remove weeds and prune crops. Assemble boxes; tag trays; replace plugs and emitters for irrigation as needed. Inspect plants to assess quality and to detect the presence of insects or disease. Inform supervisors of crop health and progress. Harvest lettuce and herbs as instructed, either placing each plant into a separate bag or clamshell, or cutting large bunches of herbs to be stored in refrigeration and packed in clamshells at a later time. Place harvested product into boxes, label boxes with appropriate PTI labels for traceability and transfer the boxes to their designated storage area(s). Move, load and unload plants, boxes and materials. Clean and sanitize work areas, harvest areas, floors, growing channels, and nursery flats, daily. Clean and maintain grounds and greenhouses including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors, weekly. Transplant up to 20,000 plants per week, individually, by hand, from the nursery into the open greenhouse areas after the channels are cleaned and sanitized. Assist with and adhere to the Food Safety Plan and Good Agricultural Practices policies and procedures. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctor's certificate may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.\n \nEmployer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker’s Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.\n\n\n Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days.\n\n\nTERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a two day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the introductory period if the worker’s performance fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the two day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer’s recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. Workers may not report for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
Plants, cultivates, and harvests horticultural specialties, such as perennials, annuals, bedding plants, and edibles. Duties are performed in an environmentally controlled structure, applying knowledge of environmental systems: Ascertains growing schedules and deviations from established procedures from grower. Sows seeds using seed sower. Will fill plant flat using flat filler and will fill pots using potting machine. Will insert plastic containers into filler machine and maintain proper operation of filler machine. Will also ensure proper operation of soil mixer. Will apply UPC stickers as needed. Will place various forms of plant into assigned containers. Will move planted containers from production line to transport carts arranged neatly. Will transport carts full of planted containers to greenhouse or field. Will unload planted containers from transport carts and return the carts to production area. Pollinates, prunes, transplants and pinches plants and culls flowers and plants to ensure development of marketable products. Harvests, packs, and stores crop using techniques appropriate for individual horticultural specialty. May maintain and environmental control systems. May mix planting soil following prescribed procedure. Will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of previous line operations. Will insert corresponding tags into each container. May maintain and repair structures using materials such as (but not limited to) corrugated fiberglass panels, lath, glass panes and putty and tools such as hammer, saw and putty knife. Will load and unload plant material. \nGeneral greenhouse maintenance: Workers will make minor repairs to existing greenhouses and buildings. Workers may assist in greenhouse construction of new buildings, trash removal, debris removal, and grounds maintenance. Workers will assist with cleaning and maintaining greenhouses and greenhouse equipment. \nVegetables: Workers will plant, cultivate, and harvest Vegetables. Workers will remove weeds by hand or with hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick crops according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting, and pruning. Workers may be required to train vine plants. Workers may install and remove black plastic from at bedding areas. Workers will be working both outside and in high tunnels, and greenhouses\nFarm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate tractors, forklifts, soil mixing, filling machinery, motorized tow carts, transport cars and other farm equipment during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker that is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. All equipment should be operated or driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination.\n\n