What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworker, Laborer position at LaJoie Growers LLC?
Workers will perform general farm duties, such as manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables including; thinning and weeding plants using hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes and rakes. Workers will dig, cut, pick, bunch, clean and grade, and package crops by hand. Workers must take care to not scar or bruise vegetables during harvesting and/or packing process. Workers must be able to lift, load, and unload 50 pound crates/boxes of harvested vegetables. Workers may perform maintenance activities on buildings and equipment such as washing, painting, minor repairs or routine maintenance. Duties may include ground keeping around the farm such as landscaping, mowing, organizing, and participate in farm and field clean up. Workers will need to have a minimum 3 months prior experience with general farming and harvesting and/or packing vegetables.
The employer does in fact need (4) workers to perform the duties listed on the job application, and to further clarify, the duties performed in Feb and March, by all 4 workers, is the inspecting, grading, packaging, and packing of potatoes there were harvested in the late fall and stored in cold storage. The potatoes are in high demand and sold February through April and is the lifeblood of this farm. The workers also clean and maintain equipment and machinery utilized in this process as required for health and safety standard. Furthermore, during the months of February and March, the workers do perform ground prep with fertilizers and prep and cut potatoes for the spring seeding season.
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