Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop - Empire Farm Labor Contractor LLC : Job Details

This job was posted by : For more information, please see: UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL CONSIST OF THINNING, WEEDING (USING A LONG-HANDLED HOE), AND HOEING FIELDS, HARVESTING VARIOUS ROW CROP VEGETABLES SUCH AS ICEBERG LETTUCE.GENERAL LABOR: WEEDING, CLEANING GARBAGE AROUND THE FIELDS, MOVING SPRINKLERS, DRIP TAPE.PACKING, GRADING & SORTING PRODUCTS.PACKING LINE WORKERS: SORT PRODUCE FROM CONVEYOR BELT FOR PROPER SORTING WHILE IN THE FIELDS. HARVEST AND PREPARE FOR PACKING.MACHINE/EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: ABLE TO OPERATE MACHINERY, INCLUDING TRACTORS, AS DIRECTED AND TRAINED BY SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL.FORKLIFT OPERATOR: SINGLE/DOUBLE, INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE A FORKLIFT TO LOAD PALLETS OF PACKED PRODUCT INTO REFRIGERATED TRUCKS AS DIRECTED AND TRAINED BY SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL.WORK MAY BE DONE ON THE GROUND AND/OR WITH THE USE OF A HARVESTING MACHINE WHERE WORKERS MAY PACK THE CARTONS WHILE WALKING BEHIND OR MOUNTED ON THE MACHINE.THINNING: WORKERS WALK IN UNEVEN FURROWS. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE FIELD SUPERVISOR, FIELD WORKERS LOOK FOR THE SPECIFIED GAP BETWEEN SEEDS, AND USING A LONG-HANDLED HOE THINS OUT ANY EXCESS CROP/SEEDS AND/OR WEED ON THE SEED LINE AND LEAVE THE DESIRED PRODUCT AND GAP ON THE FIELD.THE WORKER CLEANS THE LOT FOR ANY UNWANTED WEED ON THE BEDS AND SEED LINES AND REMOVES IT FROM THE FIELD AS INSTRUCTED BY THE FIELD SUPERVISOR.SOME WORKERS MAY CARRY AND ASSEMBLE EMPTY BOXES. WORKER MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 60 LBS. MUST BE ABLE TO BEND AND STOOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY.HARVESTING DUTIES:ICEBERG LETTUCE: FIELDWORKER TO HARVEST ICEBERG LETTUCE. CUT, CORE, BAG/WRAP, PACK AND LOAD FRESH LETTUCE IN THE FIELD. CUTTING IS DONE ON A HARVESTING MACHINE BY USING HANDS AND A CUTTING KNIFE. USING A HARVESTING HAND KNIFE AND BENDING AT THE WAIST, THE EMPLOYEE CUTS THE HEAD FROM THE ROOTS AND TRIMS THE OUTER LEAVES FROM THE HEAD TO PREPARE IT TO BE PACKED INTO A CARTON, TOTE, OR BIN. THE PROCESS IS REPEATED.