Date of Need: 6/20/2024 to 9/15/2024 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 and cultivators. 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 aand 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. Ocassionally
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,meaning that workers
who are experienced with the equipment and are provided the necessary
safety instruction from the employer remain able to operate and abide by
all standard safe operating requirements without supervision. 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 50 pounds and occassionally 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, 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, working in fields. Temperatures
may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during
occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Saturday
work required . Must be able to ocassionally lift/carry 50 lbs. 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,
Persons seeking employment as experienced Farmworker must be available
for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer may request,
but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or
on a worker\'s Sabbath or federal hol days.