Crops: Bell peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, eggplant, satsumas, summer squash, winter squash, tobacco, lemons, zucchini, watermelon, oranges, cabbage, onions, pumpkins, tomatoes, peas, butterbeans, green beans, small grain, okra, broccoli, corn, carrots, asparagus, cantaloupe, sugar cane
Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, machetes, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Operate and ride on equipment to manually plant seeds or plants into the ground and cover with dirt. Walk behind the machine making sure all holes are filled and covered. Operate tractors to harvest crops and pull trailer in field during harvest. Operate forklifts to move produce around the field and from field to storage.
Walk behind tractor pulling trailer with orange trees, place tree in pre-dug hole, and cover with dirt using a shovel. Prune orange trees according to supervisor's instruction. String peppers, cucumbers, and eggplant.
Harvest developed product from plants on assigned row by hand, or using a knife, making sure that plant is picked clean of all crops of correct size and maturity, or as instructed by supervisor. Workers must use care when harvesting not to damage product. Hand harvest into buckets or other containers, taking caution not to damage bushes, or other plants. Grade, sort, or classify agricultural products by size, weight, color and condition. Package harvested products into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers and crates. Stack boxes onto pallets, transport vehicles or trailers. Load and unload harvested products and materials by hand and with equipment.
Pull weeds, prune crop, maintain fields and perform irrigation activities. Move, install, and maintain irrigation system equipment and water lines or pipe. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove items required in plasticulture. Install and remove stakes, wire, netting or string. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, mowing, cutting, weeding, and other manual tasks in the fields. Perform farm and field sanitation duties. Clean and maintain packing facility, fields, structures, grounds, and equipment.
Workers will perform duties relating to drying and baling of tobacco. Remove tops, flowers and suckers, and pull mature leaves from stalks. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other crop protectants, fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant-related treatments. Lift, carry, and load or unload products or supplies. Workers will also be in the capacity of operating equipment and cleaning and maintaining equipment, structures and grounds. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies and related food safety practices.
Employment period: Sep 13, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026
