Farmworkers, Laborers, Crop

Crops/Commodities: Farmwork: Onions, corn, blackberries, broccoli and pecans.. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Perform manual labor to plant, harvest, pack and stage onions, corn, broccoli and pecans. Perform manual labor to plant, harvest and grade watermelon and cucumbers. Transplant, harvest and pack dry onions, salad onions and onion plants. Maintain and harvest pecan 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. Hand pick cucumbers. Place produce into bucket, once bucket is full worker will carry to dumper. Produce will be graded during harvest and packed in the field or taken to packing house to be graded and packed. Plant watermelon by hand placing seed into pre-dug hole and covering hole with dirt. Walk through field, cut watermelon off of vine and turn sideways according to supervisor's instructions. Go back through the field or 2nd group of workers will walk through field and pick up pre-cut watermelons and toss to another worker that will catch the watermelon and place gently into a bus. Watermelons are taken to the packing house and unloaded onto a conveyor to be graded and packed. Remove sticks from pecan orchard. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and wheel barrows. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Pick up old