Farmworker & Laborer

Anticipated period of employment: 05/16/2024 to 12/15/2024. Must have three months experience pruning fruit bearing trees. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, and Squash: Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately forty (40) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include transplanting, hoeing, hand weeding, stringing, and staking installing and removing drip irrigation and plastic, hand seeding, and general ship care up to and after harvest. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees. Orchard Maintenance: Workers involved in orchard maintenance may be required, but not limited to, hoe trees, girdle, spread fertilizer, pick up roots and limbs, strip suckers or unwanted growth from trees, use sprayer, dig root suckers, knock fruit off trees, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe, repair and maintain drip system and strap and tie fruit trees. Employer will provide all equipment. Instruction will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job order they may apply directly to employer by emailing resume or calling the employer Monday through Thursday 8:00 am until 12:00 pm.to schedule an in-person interview. NO APPLICANTS ARE TO JUST SHOW UP WITHOUT A SCHEDULED INTERVIEW. Please see AOSOS comments before making a referral.

Created: 2024-11-13