Farm Worker/Driver

****Job Seekers***** If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please go to your local workforce center to be apprised of all terms and conditions of employment and application instructions. Position: Farm Worker/Drivers Requirements: This job requires a minimum of three months of agricultural field work employment experience, handling manual tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in the fields and in worker housing. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required after a worker has an accident at work. Clean driving record required. Must have or be able to obtain driver's license within 60 days of hire. Workers able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles and workers each day. Job description: Crops/Commodities: Organic produce, including, but not limited to, asparagus, squash, cucumbers, beets, okra, eggplant, tomatoes, beans, peppers, pumpkins, strawberries, and raspberries. Plants, cultivates, harvests and packs (in field and packing shed) vegetables and fruit. Works on planter, plants roots, seeds, bulbs and transplants seedlings. Workers may spread or remove plastic or other ground covering and drip tape from fields. Weeds, thins, plants. Transplants plants, riding on transplanter or by hand. May set poles and wires for vine plants. Workers must also stake, tie, trellis and/or prune plants. Picks, cuts, lifts, or pulls crops to harvest them. May tie vegetables in bunches or top them. Considerable stooping and kneeling are required. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce and plants. May assist with irrigation; apply agricultural chemicals: herbicides and insecticides and apply fertilizer. May assist with general farm building maintenance. Workers must have an understanding of farm/nursery quality control standards and a working knowledge of farm/nursery production procedures. Workers must be able to harvest crops according to predetermined, customer specific standards. Must select and harvest crops which are suitable for various clients General Information: Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may 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 accommodations. In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding, organic compost production and other tasks related to general farming. Employer has a highly restrictive policy on tobacco usage. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in the fields and in worker housing. This is necessary to maintain the integrity of the farm's organic production certification as well as to protect against the Tomato-Tobacco Mosaic Virus disease, which is transmitted by hands and tools contaminated with tobacco by-products. Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found smoking or found in possession of smoking materials including cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco or smoking paraphernalia in prohibited areas. Smoking is permitted only during breaks and lunch in designated areas. Workers must wash hands before returning to work. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving while intoxicated or reckless driving) are able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles and workers each day. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required after a worker has an accident at work. Persons seeking employment as experienced Farmworker must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Anticipated hours of work per week: 40 hours per week Schedule: 8am - 4pm Monday - Friday and 5 hours on Saturdays Anticipated period of employment: 04/01/2025 - 11/04/2025 Application deadline: 07/18/2025 Job location: Roggen, CO Pay: $18.95/hr. ****** Effective 1/1/25, overtime must be paid after 48 hours worked per week, or 56 hours worked per week for up to 22 peak weeks for highly seasonal employers. ***** Contact the local workforce center for more information. *****WFC STAFF: OFFICIAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (ETA 790A) IS ATTACHED TO THIS JOB POSTING UNDER DOCUMENTS

Created: 2025-08-23