Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Number of Workers Requested:  13

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 soil and plant / cultivate crop. Perform a 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. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop. Some duties to include but not limited to: Mowing orchards, fields, and lawn, pruning trees, Spraying fruit trees, Weed spraying Picking: cherries, peaches, apples, strawberries, raspberries, flowers, corn and pumpkins Handling heavy equipment: Tractor drives, Truck drivers, Shaker driving, Fork lift, Skimming tanks, Plantings trees, strawberries, flowers, Pulling weeds, thinning Fruit, Tree Maintenance, Hand application of nutrients and pest deterrents, Picking up rocks, raking, Plowing, discing, cultivation, Sorting fruit, packing crops, Irrigation assembly/maintenance, Putting in new irrigation: Dig a trench, Cleaning orchards, Leaf prune, Laying mylar, Load and unload fruit by hand. Help set up fields, Weed whipping. Alternative Work; 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, maintenance of tools & equipment, Change oil in trucks and and machines, Take apart and reassemble parts, Cleaning equipment, Use of power tools: saw, drills, chain saws, etc and other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing, clearing, and painting of fences / barns. Maintenance work: Siding, Window, framing, trim, etc. And other maintenance, Greasing equipment, Cleaning: housing, bathroom, and general pick up around farm, Other miscellaneous everyday jobs. 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.