Farm Worker

Work description

PLANT, CULTIVATE, HARVEST, GRADE AND PACK PEACHES, STRAWBERRIES, TOMATOES, SQUASH, MUSTARD, TURNIPS, PEAS, BELL PEPPERS, CUCUMBERS, COLLARDS AND CANTALOUPE BY HAND AND USING HAND TOOLS. ON-GOING ORCHARD MAINTENANCE INCLUDING GRASS AND WEED MANAGEMENT, PLANTING, PRUNING AND THINNING TREES AS INSTRUCTED. USE HAND TOOLS SUCH AS SHOVELS, TROWELS, HOES, TAMPERS, PRUNING HOOKS, SHEARS AND KNIVES, STOOLS AND LADDERS. DUTIES MAY INCLUDE TILLING SOIL AND APPLY FERTILIZERS, TRANSPLANT, WEED, THIN, AND/OR PRUNE CROPS. APPLY PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES. WALK ORCHARD CARRYING LADDER FROM TREE TO TREE TO THIN, PRUNE AND HARVEST. 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. FRUIT MUST BE HANDLED CAREFULLY TO AVOID BRUISES OR FINGERNAIL CUTS. HARVEST, CLEAN, PACK AND LOAD HARVESTED PRODUCTS BY HAND. CONSTRUCT TRELLISES, REPAIR FENCES AND FARM BUILDINGS, OR PARTICIPATE IN IRRIGATION ACTIVITIES. INFORM FARMERS OR FARM MANAGERS OF CROP PROGRESS. IDENTIFY PLANTS, PESTS, AND WEEDS TO DETERMINE THE SELECTION AND APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS. RECORD INFORMATION ABOUT CROPS, SUCH AS PESTICIDE USE, YIELDS, OR COSTS. GRADE AND SORT PRODUCTS BY HAND 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 HARVESTING, GRADING AND PACKING NOT TO DAMAGE OR BRUISE PRODUCE. DISCARD INFERIOR OR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS AND/OR FOREIGN MATTER, AND PLACE ACCEPTABLE PRODUCTS IN CONTAINERS FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. WEIGH PRODUCTS OR ESTIMATE THEIR WEIGHT, VISUALLY OR BY FEEL. MAKE AND STACK BOXES. PLACE PRODUCTS IN CONTAINERS ACCORDING TO GRADE AND MARK GRADES ON CONTAINERS. RECORD GRADE AND/OR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS ON TAGS OR ON SHIPPING, RECEIVING, OR SALES SHEETS. AS MINOR ACTIVITIES, TRANSPLANT, GRADE, SORT, BUNCH AND PACK PINE TREE SEEDLINGS. DRIVE TRACTORS OR OTHER VEHICLES TO HAUL CROPS, SUPPLIES, TOOLS, OR FARM WORKERS. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FARM EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES USING TOOLS SUCH AS WRENCHES, SCREWDRIVERS, DRILLS AND OTHER HAND TOOLS. NOTIFY SUPERVISORS WHEN MACHINERY MALFUNCTIONS. ASSIST WITH GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES POLICIES. WORKERS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR FARM, FIELD AND SHED SANITATION DUTIES INCLUDING PICKING UP TRASH, CLEANING BATHROOMS, AND SWEEPING FLOORS. 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. EMPLOYER 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. 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 BEASSIGNED A VARIETY OF DUTIES ON ANY GIVEN DAY AND DIFFERENT TASKS ON DIFFERENT DAYS. J. DURBIN FARMS WISHES TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN A SAFE, PRODUCTIVE AND PLEASANT WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL ITS EMPLOYEES. WE IMPLEMENT SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. Continue in Addendum C Job Duties