Farm Worker

Workers will perform job duties in connection with the ginning of cotton such as and not limited to: Maintain grounds and gin cleanliness (sweep, rake, and wipe down equipment); Operate forklifts, module feeders (unwrap raw cotton), mote presses, front end loaders (unload cotton), bale baggers, yard trucks, and motor vehicles; Roll module covers and collect samples. Plant, transplant, weed, cultivate, irrigate, harvest and/or grade and pack beets, blueberries, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cilantro, daikon, dandelions, dill, eggplant, fennel, green beans, green onions, leeks, onions, parsleys, parsnips, peas, peppers, radishes, rutabagas, squash, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes, watermelons, arugula, bok choy, baby bok choy, cabbages, chards, collards, kales, lettuces, mustard greens, spinach and turnips by hand or farm equipment. Plant, prune, water and propagate plants. Grade, sort or classify products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter while leaving acceptable products on conveyer for further processing. Carrots continue to be carried through the process on a conveyer where farm equipment will weigh, count and package product. Tie, label and stack on pallets according to supervisor's instructions or pack in boxes. Once box is full, slide down rollers, close, seal and stack the box onto a pallet and place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Record packing information. Examine and inspect containers, materials and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products from pallets and place in assigned area. Monitor and load materials into package processing equipment. Dump untied bags of carrots back into the farming equipment to go through the process again. Transplant plants including blueberries, cabbage and leafy greens. Take plant out of tray that is on a trailer moving down a row and place plant into a pre-dug hole and cover hole with dirt. Harvest cabbage according to supervisor's instructions by using a knife to cut crop and place on conveyor to be graded and packed. Grade and pack green beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to supervisor's instructions on assembly line in packing house or on a mule train. Grade beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective beans, cabbage, greens and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products on conveyor to be packed into a box. Once box is full, slide down rollers and place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Close the box and slide it down the rollers to be weighed. Stack weighed boxes onto pallets. Manually feed the potato slips into fingers on the transplanter that place the plant into the ground and cover the root of the plant with dirt. Workers will be asked to alternate walking behind the transplanter and planting slips by hand using a stick. Ride a potato digger or harvester and pick up potatoes off of a chain, sort them, and place them into boxes on the digger while harvesting.

Requirements: 1 months of experience. One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed in any of the aforementioned crops.