Job Duties:

Vegetable Crop – Pre-harvest activities include picking rock and debris from fields, field edge maintenance, transplanting, pruning, weeding, and soil preparation. Worker will plant vegetables according to their supervisor’s instructions. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place them into field containers. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Workers will carry full containers weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty them into larger bin or onto a trailer. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during the working hours can range from thirty-five (35) to over ninety-five (95) degrees. Irrigation – Workers will lay down irrigation pipe, drip tape, monitor for leaks, move and remove pipe as needed throughout the growing season. Workers may be required to maintain or dig ditches as needed. Pipe can weigh fifty (50) lbs. and workers will be required to carry pipe short distances from the truck to the field. Building and Field Maintenance – Light building maintenance required to involve sweeping, cleaning, and painting in and around farmstead, including buildings and grounds. They may also need to replace fixtures, bulbs or other light repairs as directed by supervisor. This also includes field maintenance such as rock picking, trimming hedgerows and hand weeding. Workers may also need to sanitize facilities and equipment per food safety and handling requirements as well as by soil certification type (organic, conventional, or regenerative). Packing and Post-Harvest Activities – Workers may grade, sort, size, and pack vegetables. Remove stakes and twine from fields. Clean work areas and maintained assigned tools and equipment. Workers will palletize cases, load, and unload products and other materials from trucks. Equipment Operation – Workers with training or supervision may operate tractors, plows, mowers, sprayers, cultivators, planters, high lifts, forklifts, and skid loaders. They may also operate power tools including chain saws, shears, and mechanical cutters. Workers must operate equipment safely and comply with all training requirements. Secondary Job Descriptions: Driving Workers – Drive workers daily to and from the work site. Drive workers weekly to the grocery store and bank. Workers will have 24/7 access to passenger vans which hold 9 workers per van. They are free to go to the store and bank at their convenience. Biosecurity Requirements: - Any persons coming on to our farms and into our barns must not own birds, unless they are not located within a commutable distance from any of our farm locations. This is mandated by the following: United Egg Producers – Animal Welfare Certification United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) – National Poultry Improvement Program – Biosecurity Indemnification Requirement Eggland’s Best Standard Operating Procedures – Biosecurity Standard Food & Drug Administration (FDA) – 21 CFR, Parts 16 and 118 – Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs Vegetables Grown: Squash – summer & winter Melons Tomatoes Sweet Corn Sweet and Hot Peppers Cucumbers Eggplant Cauliflower Kale Greenhouse operations Feed Grains (corn/soybeans/wheat) Rice Other vegetables for fresh market as requested by client contracts Other trials through Cornell (or other academia) and/or Seed Companies

Special Requirements:

Workers must be physically able to lift up to 50 lbs with assistance. Employer will furnish to workers, without cost, all tools and equipment required to perform duties assigned. Field temperatures range from 10 to 100 degrees (F) with possible wet morning conditions. Employer agrees to provide to the worker, without charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned.

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H-300-26126-875765 Kreher Enterprises, LLC (KE #2) jobs

Farmworker (diversified Crop)

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