What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agricultural Equipment Workers position at MINARD RIDGE FARM, LLC?
Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields and/or transport workers to the grocery store, or bank on an as-needed basis. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Drivers will be required to possess a valid operators license. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in his order. Manually prune, plant, cultivate, & harvest apples & Christmas trees. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Christmas trees are trimmed from the ground and a pole trimmer is used for taller trees. Duties include but are not limited to mowing, weedwhacking, tilling soil & applying fertilizers; transplanting, picking, weeding, thinning, trimming, and/or pruning crops. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities.. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil or to plant, cultivate spray & harvest crops. Harvest fruits by hand. Pick apples for fresh marketing and/or processing. A minimum productivity standard applies; 70 bu boxes of fresh market apples per day. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising, not to exceed 4%. Workers may be instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color & other USDA standards. Worker must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal-framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket weighing up to 40 lbs. Workers required to handle ladders up to 24 long and weighing about 2 lbs per foot. Must be physically able to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent basis throughout the day. Due to safety concerns on a farm, workers must understand basic instructions in English.
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