Field Worker
Eighteen (18) Positions Available
Location:
Waialua, HI, Honolulu County
Job Duties:
VEGETABLE CROPS: FIELD WORKER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE PLANTING, SAMPLING, WEEDING, ROUGING, DETASSELING, SHOOT BAGGING, POLLINATING, HARVESTING, SHELLING, AND OTHER DUTIES TO RELATING TO GROWING AND PROCESSING THE VARIOUS VEGETABLE CROPS AND MELONS. PLANTING INCLUDES RIDING THE PLANTER TO DISTRIBUTE CROP SEEDS, WALKING BEHIND THE
PLANTER TO ENSURE DRIP TUBE AND SEEDS ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED IN GROUND, AND APPLY STAKES FOR MARKERS, SECURE DRIP IRRIGATION AND CONNECTING TO LINES. SAMPLING INCLUDES TAKING LEAF, VEGETABLE, OR FRUIT SAMPLES. WEEDING INCLUDES UTILIZING VARIOUS TOOLS TO MANUALLY
REMOVE WEEDS. ROUGING INCLUDES IDENTIFYING AND REMOVING UNDESIRABLE PLANTS BASED ON QUALITY, YIELD, OR MARKET REQUIREMENTS. DETASSELING INVOLVES THE REMOVAL OF THE TASSELS FROM THE PLANT. SHOOT BAGGING INVOLVES COVERING THE PLANT SHOOTS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF PLANT GROWTH. POLLINATION INCLUDES INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF POLLINATION
BAGS AND POLLINATING AND COVERING SHOOTS. HARVESTING INVOLVES MANUALLY HARVESTING OF CROPS. SHELLING INVOLVES MANUALLY SHELLING CORN AFTER IT HAS DRIED AND ENSURE IT IS PROPERLY IDENTIFIED AND TAGGED. PROCESSING INVOLVES SORTING, GRADING, AND PACKING OF AGRICULTURAL CROP SEEDS. OTHER TASKS MAY INCLUDE MANUALLY MOVING POTTED PLANTS OUT OF SHADE HOUSES TO THE FIELD, CLEANING SHADE HOUSES AND OTHER GENERAL FARM CLEAN UP. FIELD WORKERS WILL UTILIZE VARIOUS TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO CONVEYORS, WASHERS, SEPARATORS, DRYERS, SCALES, SILOS, MOISTURE METERS, FORKLIFTS, TRUCKS AND TRAILERS (ON FARM ONLY), TRACTORS, SPRAYERS, SIZERS, COLOR SORTERS,
BAGGERS, CONTAINERS, CLEANING EQUIPMENT, COMPUTERS, AND VARIOUS HAND TOOLS. FIELD WORKERS WILL BE GIVEN THE TASK PROCEDURES AND SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR EACH TASK. FIELD WORKERS WILL CONTINUOUSLY STRIVE TODO EACH DUTY WITH EXPERTISE AND PRODUCE QUALITY PRODUCT.
GENERAL REQUIRMENTS: FIELD WORKERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING ATTENDING MANDATORY PAID SAFETY TRAININGS. WORK MAY BE PERFORMED IN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR AGRICULTURAL LOCATIONS INVOLVING EXPOSURE TO THE SUN, SOIL, MUD, DUST, HEAT, COLD, RAIN AND OTHER
NATURAL ELEMENTS. WORK MAY BE PERFORMED ON UNEVEN GROUND AND REQUIRES CONSTANT MOVEMENT. WORKERS MUST BE ABLE TO STAND, WALK UP AND DOWN HILLS, SIT, STOOP, SQUAT, KEEL, CROUCH, BEND (FROM THE WAIST), PUSH, PULL, REACH, LIFT AND CARRY ITEMS WEIGHTING UP TO 75 POUNDS. WORKERS MUST BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND WORKING IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND CONDITIONS RANGING FROM HOT AND HUMID WEATHER, MODERATE RAIN, AND COLD WHILE
PERFORMING THEIR REQUIRED JOB DUTIES. WORKERS SHOULD COME PREPARED WEARING APPROPRIATE CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND WORKING CONDITIONS DESCRIBED. WORK ENTAILS EXPOSURE TO SOIL, PLANTS, INSECTS, AND MATERIALS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS. WORKERS MAY BE ASKED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, TO WORK UP TO 10+ HOURS PER DAY AND/OR ON THE SABBATH OR FEDERAL HOLIDAYS DEPENDING UPON THE CONDITIONS IN THE FIELDS, WEATHER, AND MATURITY OF THE CROP(S). WORKERS ARE REMINDED TO ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL, SAFETY MINDED, BE A
TEAM PLAYER, AND GOOD STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND OTHERS.
EMPLOYEES WILL RECEIVE A 10-MINUTE PAID REST PERIOD
Requirements:
Minimum 3 months verifiable prior agricultural hand labor experience working with various
vegetable crops. Workers must be able to perform manual activities with accuracy and
efficiency. Drug testing is conducted at employer's expense: post-hire/prior to employment,
upon reasonable suspicion, post- accident and at random or periodically.
Rate of Pay:
$18.74/hour
Agricultural workers earn overtime pay after 48 hours per week at regular pay rate.
Provision of Housing:
Employer agrees to provide or secure housing for the H-2A workers and those workers in corresponding employment who are not reasonably able to return to theirresidence at the end of the work day. That housing complies with the applicable local, State, and/or Federal standards and is sufficient to house the specified number of workers requested through the clearance system. The employer will provide the housing without charge to the worker. Any charges for rental housing will be paid directly by the employer to the owner or operator of the housing. If public accommodations or public housing are provided to workers, the employer agrees to pay all
