Job Description
Work is Agriculture Temporary Seasonal from: 02/01/2024-11/20/2024       Local Recruitment only
Must be able and available for the entire season. Duties include; Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences.
Job involves thinning fruit trees by hand, training and pruning trees, and harvesting apples.
Quality is essential. Care must be taken when picking not to damage or bruise fruit. Fruit buckets weigh up to 40 lbs. Pickers are required to snap fruit off of tree using their thumb and palm of hand and carefully placed in bucket to avoid bruising. All safety rules must be obeyed when working around, applying or handling pesticides. All tasks may be done from the ground or on a platform. Workers must be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies may affect ability to perform the job. Expect exposure to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day. Temperatures range from 40° to 100° F.  3 months of previous experience required.
The employer has guaranteed your first week's wages unless he / she notifies this job service of a later starting date by 01 /18/24 In order for you to be eligible for this guarantee, you must contact your local VEC office during the period of 01/19/24 to 01/26/24. At:
VIRGINIA EMPLOYMENT COMMISSIION
211 Nor Dan Ste 1055
Danville, Virginia 24354
434-549-8220
Compensation and Hours
Salary Range: $14.91 (minimum) Not Applicable Benefits Provided: Not Available Other Benefits: Not Available Full or Part Time: Full Time (30 Hours or More) Job Duration: Over 150 Days Type of Job: Seasonal
Shift: Not Applicable
Hours per Week:
45
View what local employers are paying Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse