Date of Need: 1/15/2024 to 11/5/2024 Crops/Commodities:
greenhouse/bedding plants, sunflowers and produce. Workers will perform
work including, but not limited to, planting, digging, mulching,
transplanting, mowing, watering in fields and seasonal holding houses.
Workers will fertilize, prune, space, water, tag and perform other plant
maintenance; count and inventory plants; propagate plants from cuttings;
harvest/pack plants/produce by hand; plant and dig field grown plants,
perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Considerable stooping
and kneeling is required. Workers will fill, occasionally lift and carry
various size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 51 pounds;
load plants/produce onto wagons and trucks. Care must be taken to
prevent damaging produce and plants. Workers will remove plastic from
seasonal holding houses in spring and cover seasonal holding houses with
plastic in fall; assist with building seasonal holding houses. Workers
will also perform general cleaning/maintenance of fields and work areas
and servicing of equipment. Work will also include mechanized field work
using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power
equipment may include tractors, planters, cultivators and other
equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural
equipment with or without direction. 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. 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. Occasionally 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. Work is to be done for long
periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including
packing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading
trucks with product weighing up to and including 51 pounds and
occasionally 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. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related
chemicals, etc. may affect workers? ability to perform the job. Saturday
work required. Workers should be physically able to do the work required
with or without reasonable accommodations. Employer assures that workers
will be provided transportation from living quarters to work site every
day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable
regulations). Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon
reasonable suspicion of use. This job requires a minimum of one month of
prior verifiable employment experience on a vegetable farm or nursery,
including tractor operation experience. Workers will be expected to
perform manual jobs as well as equipment operation with accuracy and
efficiency beginning with planting through harvest. Applicants must be
able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party
documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior
experience. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required upon suspicion
of use.