Farm Worker

Firestone Pacific Foods LLC • Vancouver, WA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

The Farm Laborer is an entry-level position requiring little to no previous experience. This predominantly physical and manual labor role involves planting, cultivating, harvesting, packing, pruning, and maintaining crops under the direction of a Field Supervisor or Team Leaders. Duties may include applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, and participating in irrigation activities. The role works outdoors at all times and may require tolerating extreme temperatures for 6–10 hours a day.

Firestone Pacific Foods is a vertically integrated fruit grower and processor, producing and processing fruit for domestic and export customers. The company emphasizes food safety, product quality, and agricultural practices.

Requirements

• Ability to focus on a single task for extended periods.
• Ability to stay focused while working among a group of peers.
• Ability to follow instructions and retain training information.
• Ability to work independently while meeting or exceeding quotas.
• Ability to remain focused while performing repetitive functions.
• Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures for 6–10 hours a day.
• Ability to work outdoors at all times.
• Ability to repeatedly lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to stand, sit, bend, kneel, stretch, and squat for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Follow food safety practices and Good Agricultural Practices in daily work.
• Harvest berries safely and efficiently while meeting or exceeding productivity and quality goals, with attention to thoroughness, quality, and speed.
• Work with the Field Supervisor to prepare pesticide chemicals.
• Set up, repair, and operate irrigation equipment.
• Operate tractors and other farm equipment.
• Repair and maintain farm equipment.
• Harvest, pack, and load harvested products into containers.
• Prune blueberries and blackberries.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed