Reference the below state and job order # when inquiring about this position.
Originating state and job order # Michigan - 376074602
REQUIREMENTS: Must be at least 18 years of age. Must be available the entire work period of 6/29/26-10/31/26. Must agree to 45 hr work week. Employer will provide transportation from employer provided living quarters to work site every day. Must read, and agree to, all terms and conditions of employment prior to a referral to the employer.
OPENINGS: 200
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Must have at least 2 months of verifiable experience in all job duties. This job requires exposure to extreme temperatures, ability to lift 50 lbs., repetitive movements, extensive walking, frequent stooping, extensive pushing and pulling, drug screen.
JOB DUTIES: Handling manual tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Crops: Apples, Blueberries, Cucumbers and Peaches This work order covers hand/mechanical harvesting blueberries, plastic maintenance/removal, and pruning. Workers are designed as seasonal employees. Blueberry Hand Harvesting: Move along row, stoop and bend over to pick ripe blueberries to specifications as directed by the supervisor being careful not to harvest immature/green fruit. Workers will carry full buckets weighing approximately 7 pounds to nearby weigh station. The workers will be given a voucher for the filled container or containers. Workers must 'clean the bush' pick all blueberries of marketable ripeness as specified by the supervisor. It is extremely important that the workers do not remove unripe fruit. Also, workers must carefully remove the decayed and deformed blueberries from the plant or picking containers and discard them. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Workers must take care of all times not to bruise the blueberries. Blueberry Mechanical Harvest: Workers may also be required to work on the back or top of the harvester. The worker will transfer empty lugs to the fruit discharge conveyor and stack full lugs on the harvester, pallets, or carts. This will require the lifting and carrying of approximately 40 pounds repeatedly and stacking full lugs over the height of the worker’s head. Workers must be careful to remove any debris from lugs as it comes off fruit conveyor into lugs. Lugs must be filled to the level required by the supervisor. Blueberry Pruning: While pruning bushes, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw, prunes, and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be charged to the worker. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern for each field and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of bushes and must prune each bush according to the predetermined standard. Workers must remove all resulting material from the bushes rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each bush, each worker is required to place the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment middles. Workers will be required to return pruning equipment to the toolbox provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designed supervisor. Blueberry Plastic Maintenance/removal: Along with harvesting workers are responsible for in season maintenance of plastic, such as repairing blowing of loose plastic by using a round point shovel to prepare a trench and bury the edge of plastic under the soil as well as remove weeds in and around plastic. In addition, there could be intermittent plastic removal which involves preparing the plastic for mechanical or manual removal. Workers are responsible for clearing all plastic from the fields. Sanitation: Workers are responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm and packing facility sanitation duties. The management will provide specific instructions and close supervision. Packing facility sanitation my require power washing, sanitizing, sweeping, and wiping of surfaces and the ability to move heavy equipment by hand to facilitate adequate cleaning and sanitizing. Work will be closely monitored and reviewed for quality and thoroughness of sanitation.
EMPLOYER ASSURANCES:
BOARD ARRANGEMENTS: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers are able to prepare their own meals. The employer will provide transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries.
HOUSING: Employer-provided housing is available for all workers who live outside a reasonable daily driving distance.
TRANSPORTATION TO WORK SITE: The employer will provide transportation for all workers living in the employer-provided housing to and from the daily work site(s).
WORKERS COMPENSATION INSURANCE: Provided.
TOOLS, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT: Tools, supplies, and equipment needed to complete the job will be provided by the employer at no cost to the worker.
ALL ASSURANCES AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT MUST BE REVIEWED BY THE JOB SEEKER PRIOR TO REFERRAL TO THE EMPLOYER.
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