Farmworker, Farm, Ranch

Number of Workers Requested:  8

Duties will include operating farm equipment including, but not limited to, tractors with various implements, all-terrain vehicles, sprayers to prepare and maintain land, grade, wash, fertilize, cultivate, plant, harvest, load, and transport crop; also conduct inspections, repairs and maintenance on farm equipment when required. Use hand tools, such as but not limited to shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, and shears. Assist with horses (NOT open range), when time allows, in duties such as feeding, watering, herding, branding, maintain records, administer meds, vaccines, catching and/or loading as well as clean and maintain animal housing areas. Participate in irrigation activities such as maintaining, repairing, and operating irrigation equipment, set up and/or maintain a ridge of earth around fields to maintain an adequate water supply, drain excess water from fields; create openings for drainage overfill; walk each field to check for standing water. Perform sanitation duties that will include removing trash or debris from work areas, farm buildings, and fields. Mow grass around fields and around farm shop locations; dig ditches or channels for drainage or seedlings. Perform minor repairs to farm buildings, or other structures as well as using hand tools to perform maintenance or repairs to fencing (barrier, railing, or other upright structure) around fields, and farm. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and engage in various general functions. All other duties, if assigned, will be duties as per SOC/OES Occupation Code (onetonline.org)