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Servicios Agricolas Mex, Inc. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop in Waddell, Arizona
This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6911880
Onion Harvest - Clipping - With shears, worker will clip leaves off the top of bulb.\ Grading Worker on ground will open and dump sack on conveyer belt. Worker on machine will place mesh bag onto grading flute.\ Once sack is full, worker will remove sack from flute and tie open end. Worker will then place full sack (Approximately 50 pounds)\ back onto ground.\ Tractor Driver Will place pallets and load boxes on platform. Place V-boards and tie down load. Transport trailer from the field to\ staging area.\ Forklift Operator - Operator will move full bin of melons to grading table. Operator will stack and unstack pallets of packed product as directed and trained by Supervisory Personnel.
Watermelon Harvest - Workers will pick up and place pre-cut melons {2 to 24Ibs each) into cardboard bins until full. A worker will place a 50Ib pallet (40\"Wx40\"Dx4\"H) flat on trailer and assemble the cardboard bin and place on top of pallet. Workers will stand in a line 4 in a row. Each worker will pick up and pass a melon to the next worker. The melon will be passed up to the top of\ a trailer and placed in the cardboard bins until full. Once full, a worker will assemble a cardboard bin and place another pallet on top of the full bin and the empty bin will be filled. Each trailer holds either 10 or 12 full bins. Worker will remove melons from bin and place watermelon on conveyor in which each watermelon is graded (sized) by automated grading (sizing) machine. Labeler will place pre-pasted stickers on each melon. Worker will stand at the end of the Grading Machine and pick up Graded (Sized) melon and place into the designated bin for that particular size.
Tractor Driver - Will place pallets and load boxes on platform. Place V-boards and tie down load. Transport trailer from the field to trucking staging area.\ Forklift Operator - Operator will move full bin of melons to grading table. Operator will stack and unstack pallets of packed product as directed and trained by Supervisory Personnel.\ Weeding - Using a 6\" broad bladed lettuce knife, worker will insert knife into ground next to base of weed and pull with fingers.\ Turning vines - Worker will walk through a field and bend over and move vines from bottom of furrow to the top.
Must have one month experience working with onions and watermelons\ This job requires a minimum of 1 month of agricultural experience working in diversified crops, handling manual and mechanical tasks, including agricultural field work. Irrigating crops, setting and removing sprinklers, running wheel lines, driving equipment, operating pivots, flood irrigating, moving portable sprinklers, and installing drip tape. Verifiable work experience is required.
Given the nature of the employer\'s agricultural business, it is not possible to specify a work itinerary for all the worksites in which\ employees will be performing their duties. The impact from weather and growing cycles requires that the employer provide services at all of the various worksites simultaneously during the contract period to ensure the crops are properly maintained and harvested in a timely manner.