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Crops: sweet corn seed, dent corn seed, soybean seed, soybean not for
seed, sweet corn, wheat, fresh market beans, beets, broccoli, brussel
sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, edamame, eggplant, gourds,
greens, lettuce, melons, okra, onions, peas, peppers, potato and other
root crops, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, tomato and flowers. Job
Specifications: Must have three months experience hand harvesting
produce. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references
from recent employers. 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 the fields for
harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.
Workers will prepare field/beds for planting by hand; plant seed by
hand; transplant by hand and by machine; lay plastic by hand weed by
hand and with a hoe; Workers will irrigate, tractor operation, operate
large tillage machinery, motor vehicle transportation (if properly
licensed), harvest seed, treat seed by machine and sort seed by hand,
vegetable and flowers by hand, wash and pack for market, Assist in
preparing orders, assist in market delivery (unpacking and handoff),
Area clean up, repack all listed crops, husk seed by hand; wash by hand;
do general crop maintenance (pinching & tying) by hand. Detasseling,
thinning and rogueing of plants; Hand sort shelled seed, participate in
end of the day clean up around farm, maintain general farm neatness and
cleanliness. Sweet corn seed, dent corn seed, soybean seed: Hand sort
shelled seed, participate in end of the day clean up around farm,
maintain general farm neatness and cleanliness. Support jobs include bin
and pallet repair and after-hours cleanup. Farm, and Field Sanitation-
All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning
bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties. GENERAL
CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL CROPS: Fieldwork begins at assigned time
shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during light rain and in
high humidity and in temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to below 20
degrees F. Workers will perform the majority of tasks standing in the
upright position and can expect to stand on their feet for extended
periods of time. Some tasks, however, require workers to perform
activities on their feet in stooped or crouched position for long
periods of time. Workers will frequently lift weight of 75 lbs. Workers
will supply their own work clothes. All the tasks in this Job
Description constitute one (1) job; the employer may assign workers to
different tasks on any day or to multiple tasks during the same day in
the sole judgment of the employer. Workers may be required to perform
work, on the farm, that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the
application, such as performing hand cultivation tasks, packing, weeding
or hoeing, cleaning and repairing farm buildings, grounds, set up and
move aluminum irrigation pipes and equipment, cleaning and maintaining
drip irrigation systems, using backpack sprayers, gardening, weeding,
shrubbing, baling hay, harvesting field corn, etc. This is a very
demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must
be rigorously adhered to. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated.
The employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified
worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able to but
does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for
the employer to grow a premium qu lity product.