Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworker in Mullica Hill, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 05/21/2024 to 11/01/2024
Must have three months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop.
Workers will perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load employers crops by hand and machine. Workers will hand seed or transplant crops into the ground and cover the root of the plant with soil in assigned rows in the field either by transplanter machine or while bending and stopping to carefully place the transplanter machine or while bending and stopping to carefully place the transplant into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Vegetables will be manually harvested or with a specialty knife by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailers moving alongside rows, and dumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers. Workers will lay, tuck and/or remove plastic, clean plastic of debris. Participate in irrigation activities including setting up, repairing, operating and maintaining drip and other irrigation equipment. Workers will also do all duties associated with maintenance of vegetable which includes but not limited to manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie sucker, thin and prune crops. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from the ground. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning, hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Works must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity, and quality. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate produce on the plant during harvest. Workers may work individually or in groups to plant and harvest crops with agricultural equipment that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. After vegetable is harvested workers will sort, wash, grade, and pack into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers, and crates. Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers, and crates. Load boxes onto pallets and transport vehicles. Some workers may be chosen to be working team leaders See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description.
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract they may call or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday to Thursday from 8am to 3pm.
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