farmworkers and laborers

FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: perform general farm labor including planting, transplanting, cultivating, thinning, and harvesting agricultural and nursery crops including ornamental trees, shrubs, pumpkins, squash, zucchini, peppers, watermelons, sweet corn, and other vegetables; harvest crops by hand or machine using hand tools and clippers as needed; grade, sort, packing at warehouse and field pack produce; pick and load produce into buckets, bins, trucks, and trailers; prepare soil and fields for planting including plowing, disking, harrowing, fertilizing, and laying plastic; maintain fields and tree blocks including mowing, weed whipping, pulling weeds by hand, pruning, staking, and applying fertilizers and crop protectants; dig, remove, and handle trees and plants; load and unload plants, produce, and farm suppl ies; perform irrigation installation, including drip and solid set, and perform irrigation maintenance and repair; perform general maintenance and clean-up including removing debris, rocks, and trash; May assist with loading, unloading, cleaning, and staging equipment and materials. Does not operate powered farm machinery. Workers may drive employer provided vehicle. Workers may occasionally operate small tractors during the field harvest process to move products from field to loading dock.

Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent under Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (45-2092)