Farmworker

21 TEMPORARY/Full time FARM WORKERS on Hampshire County farm dates needed are 02/17/2026 - 12/02/2026 Will work 55.5 hours per week. Pay rate 16.15/hour. Crops/Commodities: vegetables, including, but not limited to, tomatoes, beans, corn, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, asparagus, and fruits, including, but not limited to, strawberries, cherries, peaches, apples. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior cultivation/harvest experience in commercial field crop production of fruits or vegetables. Workers will manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables, including, but not limited to, tomatoes, beans, corn, cucumbers, onions, lettuce, asparagus, and fruits, including, but not limited to, strawberries, cherries, peaches, apples. Works on planter, plants roots, seeds and bulbs. Propagates plants. May spread plastic or other groundcovering. Weeds, thins, plants. Transplants plants, riding on transplanter or by hand. May set poles and wires for vine plants. Picks, cuts, lifts, or pulls crop to harvest them. Workers will perform packing in the field and in packing house. Work may also include harvesting greenhouse tomatoes. May assist with irrigation. May assist with general farm building maintenance. Workers must be physically able to perform seeding, planting, harvesting and heavy lifting. Considerable stooping and kneeling is required. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce and plants. Pruning: Hand pruning based on fruit variety. Use manual and mechanized pruning tools and equipment. Identify and remove stubs or broken branches, downward-growing branches, branches rubbing against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood and shoots-suckers. 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 In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding and other tasks related to general farming. In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding and other tasks related to general farming. Employer has a strict prohibition on tobacco usage. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in the fields. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas during 45-mintute lunch break. Employer will instruct workers in the safety and operation of equipment before use. Workers must operate equipment in a manner that protects operator, visitors, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. Housing provided only to non-local workers (i.e. permanent residence outside normal commuting distance). Only workers may occupy housing. Employer provides separate sleeping and bathroom facilities for each gender. Employer possesses and controls premises at all times. Workers must vacate housing promptly at end of contract period or upon termination, in accordance with state law. Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amo nt published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. If the kitchen is unavailable, the employer will charge the worker $15.46/per day. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer provides, at no cost to workers, daily transportation to and from the worksite. Use of employer-provided transportation is voluntary. Daily transportation to/from the worksite is not available to workers who do not reside in employer-provided housing. Local workers and workers who decline employer-provided housing are responsible for own daily transportation. Employer provides, at no cost, incidental transportation between worksites. Employer pays/reimburses foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first workweek. For non-commuting workers, employer pays/reimburses reasonable travel costs (transportation, daily subsistence, and lodging if applicable) from the place worker departed to the employers place of employment. The meal reimbursement is between $16.28 and $68.00 per day.---- Note: In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Employment Service (ES) as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) nor the State Workforce Agency (SWA)s are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party.

Created: 2026-03-06