What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworker position at BUSCO LLC?
1. Planting, pruning, shearing, tree side shaping, top straightening, culturing Christmas trees, and tagging for inventories, cutting away dead and excess branches from trees, using machetes, handsaws, chainsaws, clippers, shears.
2. Water, root-feed seedlings, herbicide application, tree spraying with backpack sprayer, and fertilizing as directed by supervisors, in order to comply with the company's maintenance program to protect the fields from diseases, insects, pests, and environmental problems.
3. Trim jagged stumps, clear sites and grounds of woody and herbaceous materials, such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs; cable, brace, tie bolts, stake trees and branches.
4. Transplant and remove trees and shrubs, hoeing weeds, cutting and burning dead trees.
5. Worker should be able to push up to 75 lbs, and be able to lift up to 65 lbs.
6. Harvest trees and prepare them for shipment; harvest includes packing trees, bailing, and loading into trucks.
7.Operate farm equipment used in harvesting, including balers, elevators, small tractors, and other automated devices. Work in various weather conditions, including cold, wet, or hot weather. Perform fieldwork and farm cleanup tasks such as picking up trash around fields, harvest landings, cleaning work vehicles, organizing barns or work areas, and pressure washing around the farm, shop, and offices.
8. Operate drones for tasks like crop monitoring, aerial surveillance, pesticide spraying, or field inspections.
9. Drive tractors, spray and mix chemicals and fertilizers, operate agricultural equipment (worker will receive proper training to be in compliance with state laws that require additional training for individuals handling pesticides/herbicides, etc.); perform general repair of agricultural equipment; pack crop into containers; all job activity will be limited to the farm.
Salary : $18