Farmworker: Diversified-Harv-OR

Duncan Family Farms, LLC; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in organic farming is seeking dedicated farmworkers to join their vibrant team. This role involves hands-on work in the fields, where you will engage in planting, cultivating, and harvesting a variety of vegetables and herbs. As part of a forward-thinking company, you will contribute to sustainable agricultural practices while working in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates should be physically fit and ready to tackle the demands of outdoor work in varying weather conditions. If you are passionate about agriculture and eager to learn, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3 months of verifiable experience in commercial farming required.
• Ability to perform manual and mechanized tasks efficiently.
• Experience with various crops including Romaine and Kale.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual planting, cultivating, and harvesting of vegetables.
• Maintain and operate irrigation systems and farm equipment.
• Ensure compliance with safety and sanitation standards.

Skills

Manual Labor

Crop Harvesting

Irrigation Maintenance

Equipment Operation

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Tractors

Shovels

Trowels

Pruning Hooks

Irrigation Equipment

Job description

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Job Title: Diversified Farmworker

Category: Non-Exempt ~ Seasonal H2A

Department: Production, Harvest, Post-Harvest, Irrigation, Technical Services, CEA, Microgreens

Location: All Locations

Report to: Department Supervisor

At Duncan Family Farms (DFF), we believe our primary responsibility is to produce clean, healthy, life-giving food. As a leading certified-organic grower, we harvest thousands of acres of produce those ships directly from our farms to processors in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some of our products include Spinach, Spring Mix Lettuce, Kale, Arugula, and Culinary Herbs. Due to our innovative programs, Duncan Family Farms has won numerous awards and is nationally recognized as a ‘showcase’ of progressive farming techniques. Recent growth has enabled the expansion of our technological portfolio as well as our technical personnel. Duncan Family Farms is based in Goodyear, Arizona, and has farms across the United States.

Job Description And Requirements

The job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable commercial agricultural employment experience, preferably on a vegetable farm, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. This is hard, strenuous labor, under cold, wet conditions in the spring, and extreme heat and humidity in the summer.

Workers will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of herbs and vegetables. Workers will be required to manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables such as: Green/Red Romaine, Green/Red Oak, Green/Red Leaf, Mizuna, Arugula, Green/Red Chard, Tatsoi, Spinach, Kale as well as other types of vegetables, lettuce crops, culinary herbs, microgreens, and other field crops. Worker will be required to use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. Employees may be required to assist with farm building and field maintenance, repair fences, and/or repair or cover hoop houses. Employees may be asked to perform irrigation activities such as placing irrigation pipes and fittings. There is a considerable amount of stooping and kneeling throughout the various tasks being performed. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce and plants. Workers will be required to dig and prepare ground, till soil and prepare field for planting, plant pots in fields, remove broken or damaged poles and install new poles (hoop houses), manually remove weeds by hand or with digging tools.

Workers will be asked to spread plastic or cover crops with netting materials or plastic and remove them when no longer needed by hand or machine. Workers will be asked to pack crops in totes, bins, clamshells, tie or bundle items, weigh product and load product by hand.

Workers will install and maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment, and remove drip tubing or install drip tubing, dig, and maintain ditches.

Workers must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or another durable footwear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.

Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles.

In addition, workers will be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other tasks related to general farming. Workers will also engage in maintaining the equipment, restrooms, and fields in sanitary condition by sanitizing equipment, restrooms, lunch tables, picking up packing material, boxes, labels, trash, and discard of any other unwanted items.

Work will also include mechanized fieldwork using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators, and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex, or non-routine activities will be supervised. Field workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand, and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 months experience commercial farming required.

• Experience working with the following crops:
• Green/Red Romaine
• Green/Red Oak
• Green/Red Leaf
• Mizuna
• Arugula
• Green/Red Chard
• Tatsoi
• Spinach
• Kale
• Culinary Herbs
• Microgreens
  

Physical Demands/Work Environment

Workers will be required to harvest crops by hand and work in the fields for long periods of time. Workers will work in packing areas used for packing vegetables. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing, and loading of products. Workers will assist in loading/ unloading trucks with products weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers must be able to work on their feet in bent positions and must be able to bend and stoop for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields may range from 10 to 105 F. Workers will be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodation. To be qualified for this position, a worker must be willing to perform the considerable manual labor required on such a farm.

DFF is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Farming

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