What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworkers & Laborers position at Shlagel Farms LLC?
Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Cultivate and hand-harvest seasonal fruits and vegetables, and mixed annual flowers. Duties may include cleaning, packing, loading and unloading harvested fruits and vegetables, unloading farm supplies, and potting, moving, loading and unloading mixed annual flowers. May work in greenhouse. May construct trellises, stake plants, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities including digging ditches for drainage or to run water lines. Field grade, sort, or classify fruit and vegetables by size, weight, color, or condition. Load, unload and stack baled hay. Workers will move along rows of previously baled hay and straw, bending, stooping and lifting 60 to 75 lb. bales. Load and stack onto a truck or trailer in field. Unload and restack for storage. Feed hay to livestock. Spread manure by hand. Check and repair fencing. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Wash and sanitize picking containers and picking knives. Cut grass with lawnmowers and trimmers around barns, pond, grass waterways, fields, under fences and farm roadside edges. May fertilize and spray with backpack sprayers. Prune blackberry plants and peach trees according to supervisor?s instructions. May operate and perform minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements and equipment. May repair greenhouses and other farm buildings and structures. 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.
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