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Job TitleFarmworkers and Laborers
OccupationManually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.
Job Order NumberWV5742503
Post Date01/30/2024
Job LocationMartinsburg,West Virginia 25404-6418
CountyBerkeley
Job Summary

TEMPORARY full-time farm work from 3/25/2024 until 10/26/24. 25 openings in Martinsburg, WV. Must be at least 18 due to hazardous working conditions. MUST HAVE minimum 3 months experience hand harvesting, sorting, and packing leafy greens. VERY PHYSICAL JOB: extensive bending, stooping, lifting (up to 30 lbs.), walking & repetitive movements. Overall duties include harvesting & packing watercress & arugula. Work outside & in packing house- fill tanks, load totes, possibly drive truck, stack boxes, move pallets, pack ice, operate stapler machine, clean work areas. Remove weeds, clean ditches, seed the field, assemble boxes. Outside work may require exposure to extreme temperatures. Must follow all supervisor instructions. 36 hrs/wk, Mon–Sat., weather permitting, work 6 days w/half hour lunch) Piece work pay rate; guaranteed $15.14/hour for Berkeley Co., WV. Work may also be in Maryland or Pennsylvania and may be paid piece rate with a guarantee of $16.55/hour while working in MD or PA. Must have appropriate documents to complete I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form for employer. Background ck & drug test will be done. Must understand all terms and conditions of employment, be available to work total period of employment as noted and available to work in any one of the listed job activities at the employer's discretion. Local applicants must have transportation to job sites. No housing provided for workers within normal commuting distance.

Salary $15.14 / Hour
Pay On CommissionNo
Experience3Months
Educational DegreeNo School Grade Completed
License/Certification RequiredN/A
Tools RequiredNo
Foreign Language SkillsN/A
Testing RequiredN/A
Minimum TypingN/A
Minimum Data Entry SpeedN/A
Hours Per Week36
Duration151+Days
Requires Evening WorkNo
Requires Weekend WorkNo
SummerNo
ShiftDay
Is Public Transportation available to job site?No

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