Mechanics/welders

Perform mechanic duties to include but not limited to changing motors, changing parts on trucks, tractors, farm vehicles of all kinds, irrigation motors and equipment. Workers will weld farm equipment. Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Sweet Corn, Pumpkins, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Gourds, Grains, Beans, Hay, Honey, Lettuce, Melons, Plants, Soybeans and Corn. Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Workers will perform various duties to plant, cultivate harvest, pack, grade, repack produce grown on the employer’s farm. This may include preparing ground/field for planting by removing rocks, sticks, trees, and brush. Workers may also be required to install and move irrigation pipe/systems, Aluminum pipe, and T-tape maintaining system. Workers may be required to operate forklift, various farm implements and farm licensed vehicles. Workers will be weeding, loading trucks, record keeping, cutting corn stalks and bundling, trimming trees, piling/burning, assist beekeeper to move boxes, may be asked to place bee boxes in field, and perform farm and facility maintenance including mowing grass and performing landscaping duties. Workers must follow their employer’s instructions to ensure all sanitation procedures are followed. Cantaloupes, Pumpkins, Gourds, Pumpkins, Squash and Watermelons: Workers will be expected to punch and make holes to prepare the black plastic for planting plugs. Workers must be careful not to damage the tender young plugs. Workers will be expected to perform routine maintenance activities including pulling weeds and cleaning drip irrigation equipment. At harvest, workers will be expected to select the melons based on the standard. Workers will walk along rows and cut melons according to size, color, shape, and degree of maturity using a knife. May carry to trailer or windrow for loading at a later time. Also, the workers will be expected to grade, sort, and place in shipping containers. After harvest is completed, workers will be required to remove mature melon vines from the plastic as well as preparing the plastic for the next planting cycle, if applicable. May also be required to remove old or damaged plastic and irrigation drip tape along with any other trash, rocks, or debris from the planting areas. Workers will assist in preparation of field areas prior to installation of new plastic and drip tape.

Salary : $27