AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

About the role

Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing to the farm properties, haul tools, supplies, or crops, transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday, load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Manually prune, plant, cultivate, & harvest apples and pears, hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; and setting up & operating irrigation equipment. Construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings. Clear & maintain irrigation ditches. Harvest fruits by hand. Pick apples for fresh marketing and/or processing. A minimum productivity standard applies, 116 bu boxes of fresh market apples per day. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising, not to exceed 4 percent. Workers be instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color & other USDA standards. Worker must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal-framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket weighing up to 40 lbs. Must be physically able to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent basis throughout the day. Workers must have Apple Farm experience. Due to safety concerns on a farm, workers must understand basic instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing to the farm properties, haul tools, supplies, or crops, transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday, load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
• Manually prune, plant, cultivate, & harvest apples and pears, hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives.
• Duties include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; and setting up & operating irrigation equipment.
• Construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings.
• Clear & maintain irrigation ditches.
• Harvest fruits by hand.
• Pick apples for fresh marketing and/or processing.

Requirements

• Must be physically able to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent basis throughout the day.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Repetitive movements, extensive walking, and frequent stooping.
• Must understand basic instructions in English.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.
• Apple Farm experience.

Skills

• Ability to operate multi-purpose vehicles.
• Manual labor skills including pruning, planting, cultivating, harvesting, and using hand tools.
• Knowledge of agricultural practices such as tilling, fertilizing, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, and applying pesticides.
• Ability to construct and repair farm structures.
• Knowledge of irrigation systems and their operation.
• Physical ability to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent basis.

Benefits

• No benefits provided.

Pay

$16.35 - $18.75

Schedule

First Shift (Day)

Hours per week

50

Contact Information

Name: Pavero Cold Storage
Email:
By Phone: Call Jeffrey Pavero at 9144748375

Disclaimer

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