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Workers will perform assign duties as instructed by their supervisor.
Workers must have the correct @type of license required by State and
Federals laws, and drivers responsible for transporting workers will be
required to have a valid and unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor or
Federal Farm Labor Contractor Employee Registration with driving
authorization. Will be responsible for operating the vehicles used to
move crops on the farm. Workers will operate equipment used in
agricultural production, such as tractors, irrigation equipment,
machinery to haul crops, supplies, tools, farmworkers, plant, cultivate,
harvest, till soil and store crops. Must be able to detect equipment
malfunctions and notify the supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Must be able to safely operate the buses that are used to transport
workers to and from work sites. Operate forklifts and equipment used to
move supplies and harvesting equipment in the field. Maintain harvest
equipment. The alternative work if needed will be to assist with general
farm work and the manual labor with the crops. Rogueing: the worker will
walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields, removing the
corn plants that are from a different species leaving the field ready
for detasseling. Corn detasseling: the worker will walk down the aisles
between the plants in the corn fields, removing the spikes that are left
after the detasseling machine passes through. Workers will remove the
spikes and drop them on the ground. Seed Corn Sorting: After the machine
harvests the seed corn from the fields, the corn cobs will be put on a
conveyor belt so the workers can sort the corn cubs by size and class.
Planting of fruits and vegetables: A tractor will go over the fields
making holes for the plants, workers will grab a tray of plants from the
truck, walking down the rows the worker will put one plants per hole,
when finish with the tray, the worker will walk back to the truck and
grab another tray of plants, repeating the process through the work day.
Harvesting of Fruit and Vegetables: Once at the picking location, doing
a row at a time, workers will move down the rows plucking the crop from
the plants and putting them in a container. Once the container is full
the worker will take the container to the truck and dump the content.
The worker will go back to his picking area and fill his container up
again, repeating the process through the work day. Potato Planting:
Potato planting is done by machine, with a sharp knife; workers will cut
the seed potatoes in four and put the pieces into the machine, once the
machine is ready for planting it will be taken to the fields. Potatoes
Harvesting: The worker will pick the potatoes up from the ground placing
them in a 5/8 BU bucket, once the bucket is full, the worker will take
the bucket to the truck and dump the potatoes in the back of the truck,
repeating the process throughout the day. Sorting potatoes: Potatoes
will be harvested by machine and put in a conveyor belt; workers will
stand by the conveyor belt and sort the potatoes by size and quality at
the same time workers will need to remove debris.
