Farm Workers and Laborers, Crop

Descripción del trabajo

Forage: Duties to include, but not limited to: Soil preparation, operating tillage equipment, cutting equipment, baling, and loading bales. Hauling bales to storage barns / farms that purchase hay. Planting, Cultivating, & Harvesting Vegetables/Fruits: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store vegetables. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray, & harvest crop. Perform variety of other duties such as lubricating and repairing farm machinery. May plan and schedule plowing, cultivating and harvesting operations. Plant, cultivate, harvest, & pack vegetables (boxes, buckets & crates). Lay plastic, setting plants, weeding (w/ hoe & by hand), driving stakes, grading / sorting and activities associated with vegetable production. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop. Nursery: Duties to include, but not limited to: Perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivating and otherwise participating in horticulture activities. Hauls and spreads topsoil, fertilizer, etc to condition land. Dig, rake and screen soil and fill cold frame and hot beds to prepare them for planting. Plant, spray, weed and water plants, shrubs and trees. Hand dig plants, shrubs, & trees. Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, & trees, wrap their roots, and pack them into boxes to fill orders. Work on potting line transplanting seedlings into selling containers and place in growing area. Load/unload trucks containing supplies/product/equipment and other miscellaneous items. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop and with delivery of product to customer. General Farm Duties: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, tools & equipment, and other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Also includes repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures/barns. Assist in livestock operation, duties may include, but limited to, feeding, moving from paddock to paddock, sorting and manure removal. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed above and only after the first week guarantee is met. General Conditions: A normal work week is Monday through Friday from 07:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m with 30 minute lunch and Saturday 07:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. However, workers may be requested to ten (10) hours per day depending on the conditions in the fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required to do so. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. US workers will be $13.15 at minimum per hour while H2A will be at $12.00 an hour.