Farm Worker Jobs in Ohio

INTRODUCTION

Workers will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production, care, planting, of nursery stock throughout the contract period.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Loading, unloading, wrapping, mulching, arranging, harvesting, inventory of plant materials to include trees, shrubs, rooted cuttings, perennials vegetables.
• Preparing soils, seed beds.
• Using mechanical equipment and hand tools, to include Tractors, Skid loaders, Wheel loader, Excavator, Backhoe, Tillers, Rippers, land planes, Drop seeders, Grain drills and other misc. farm implements along with hand tools, shovels, pick ax, rakes. All tools will be provided to the worker.
• Maintaining, driving, operating, and attaching farm implements; all operators will be trained on safe operation and daily service requirements.
• Hand weeding, hoeing, of all crops and areas.
• Fertilizing of plant materials with organic matter and commercially blended products, by means of motorized, tractor, and walking spreader, hand.
• Pruning of grasses, shrubs, trees, perennials, vegetables, to promote good branching, yields, and appearance by means of power pneumatic, hedge trimmers, hand pruners, shears.
• Spraying herbicide, pre-emergent (all workers will be trained in proper PPE and supervision and training by licensed qualified supervisor).
• Building/repair of shade and trellis structures, installing cold frames, greenhouse, mowing, maintaining shop and yard areas.
• Cleaning of drainage ways, road shoulders, and ditches, installation of erosion blankets, fabric, and wattles.
• Identifying irrigation systems repairs by general observation of plant health, installation of water delivery systems to include pumps, mainlines, laterals, rotating heads, and fixed sprays, low volume drip systems, above and below surface, siphon tube, gated pipe, by means of excavators, trenchers, and shovels.
• Piping systems to include PVC solvent weld, gasket, HDPE fusion, threaded, remote control valves, gate valves, gated, pivot, automated controllers.

Workers will be encouraged to obtain a driver’s license to operate company vehicles, but this is not a mandate for employment. All resident or previous license holders’ drivers must provide a copy of motor vehicle record (MVR) for insurance approval.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Physical requirements include: the ability to work in all weather conditions, standing for extended periods, walking on uneven surfaces, climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching, twisting, and driving/riding equipment over unimproved terrain.
• Previous experience operating equipment, manual labor, irrigation, pruning, and spraying pesticides.