What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworkers & Laborers, Diversified Crop position at Barwick Packing LLC?
Vegetable Warehouse Worker: Field-packed broccoli, sweet corn, cucumbers, peppers, squash and other vegetables are transported from the field to the warehouse on trucks. Produce is unloaded, stacked, properly counted, tagged and put in cooler or chlorine bath as soon as received. Workers may re-grade or re-package field-packed produce. Workers may load trucks by hand or forklift. Workers perform sanitation duties such as cleaning restrooms, sweeping, hosing down loading dock. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping and reaching. Work is performed inside cooler room at constant 45 degrees F. May repair equipment, farm buildings and other structures. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields) during the workday. May operate light truck or van off the farm and over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from place to place, such as to the grocery store, bank, government agencies, medical or dental offices and so forth. May operate truck to transport crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. All workers are required to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly important when handling produce for human consumption. Workers are required to cleanse their hands by washing thoroughly with soap and water before work and after each break. Smoking and the use of tobacco products prohibited during working time. All workers must report to work clean and in clean clothes.
Salary : $12