farm worker

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest diversified crops that include but are not limited to vegetables, field garden flower annual and perennial crops. Use hand tools including, but not limited to, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, cleaning, packing and loading harvested products. Duties may also include constructing trellises, repairing fences and farm buildings, or participating in irrigation activities. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctors' certificate may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours.

Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500. 105, may be asked to drive vehicles for transporting workers, goods, or commodities, on or off the farm on company business. This task is voluntary, compensable, and not a mandatory job duty. Workers without a valid driver’s license or doctor’s certificate will still be fully eligible for employment and are not disqualified from any other job responsibilities outlined in this application.