farmworker

Culturas/Mercadorias: Legumes - milho doce, batata doce, melão, abóbora, tomate, feijão, pepino, morango, abóbora.

Tarefas primárias (realizadas na maioria dos dias de trabalho): Plantar, cultivar, colher e embalar frutas e vegetais à mão ou à máquina, incluindo, mas não se limitando a: milho doce, batata doce, melão, abóbora, tomate, feijão, pepino, morango e abóbora. Use ferramentas manuais, como pás, espátulas, enxadas, tampers, ganchos de poda, tesouras e facas. Propagar, transplantar, erva daninha, podar e afinar. Aplique pesticidas, herbicidas e fertilizantes nas culturas. Coloque e/ou remova o plástico. Limpe o plástico dos detritos. Remova ou limpe os restos de plantas ou videiras do solo ou das treliças. Treine videiras ou plantas em cordas ou treliças. Coloque batatas-doces na sujeira e coloque papel plástico sobre as camas. Use pás para remover a sujeira das camas que estão cobertas com plástico. Remova o papel das camas e coloque um papel de refazer sobre as camas. Depois que as plantas de batata brotarem e atravessarem o solo, corte as plantas com uma faca de açougueiro. Coloque as plantas em caixas de plástico. Carregue caixas de cunhas em um reboque de mesa. Use um transplantador para transplantar plantas. Manually feed the potato plants into the fingers on the transplanter that places the plant into the ground and covers the root of the plant with dirt. Walk behind the transplanter and plant 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. Workers must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Clean, pack and load harvested products. Wash and pack potatoes into boxes for shipping. Remove completed or defective products and place them on conveyors or in specified areas such as loading docks. Seal containers using glue, string, nails and hand tools. Load materials and products into package processing equipment. Use hand tools to assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates and containers. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Apply ice to select harvested crops. Workers must use care when grading and packing not to damage and bruise produce. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place acceptable produce into containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Transport produce and agricultural equipment from field to packing shed. Move, load and unload greenhouse grown plants, planting tools and materials. Operate tractors and tractor-drawn machinery (including variations such as: tracotor, plow, potato transplanter, bush hog, and skid steer) to plow, harrow, fertilize, apply chemicals, plant, cultivate, or harvest crops. Pull and/or hoe grass and weeds from the fields. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Follow quality control standards. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies.

Secondary duties (performed on less than half of the workdays in the contract period): Install and take down hooped row cover. Workers may ride on tractor, maintain trellises, repair fences and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Workers with the appropriate license and is eligible may drive trucks to haul products to the market. Perform quality control on inbound/outbound loads. Set up, operate and repair irrigation systems. Use mowers and weed eaters on employer's premises around wells, buildings, farm equipment. Work will continue during wet periods while the fields are too muddy for the harvesting with tractors.