Farm Worker
Employer: KCK Farms, LLC
Location: Dayton, OR
Workers needed: 70
Pay: $17.92/hour
Season: Jan 11, 2027 – Nov 10, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops/Commodities: trees and shrubs.
Worker will plant, prune, & graft shade, flowering & fruit trees and perform general nursery work listed below. The worker is expected to possess or acquire skills in order to perform planting, pruning, and grafting activities required to ensure the health of the plant.
Nursery Potting, Tractor Driving, Pruning Plants
Potting: planting smaller plants into pots and bare root plants into pots;
Tractor Driving: moving plants to area where they will continue to grow or pot;
Cuttings: making special cuts on stems for putting roots on them;
Seed: Planting seed in trays, germinating and starting new plants;
Pruning: pruning shrubs and trees in pots;
Weeding: as needed;
Fertilizing: as needed;
Maintenance and construction of Greenhouses: Reinforce supports, replace metal tubing and external wall coverings as needed;
Covering Greenhouses: placing plastic or shade cloth over greenhouses to protect the plants;
Fork Lift Driving: moving pallets and plants or loading trucks; Irrigation: watering plants to maintain proper growth.
Irrigation: watering plants to maintain proper growth.
Spraying of pesticide/fertilizer
Trees - Field; Shade, Flowering & Fruit Trees; Prune - shape trees; Sucker - remove suckers from the base; Limb up - remove branches; Set posts stakes; Tie trees to stakes; Hoe; Tie tops of trees to stake; Field planting of trees; Grafting trees - Grafting is the process by which trees can be cloned. The workers must possess the ability to stay bent over for long periods of time. Tasks include: removing branches with clippers from the base of the tree as well as up to 12" from the soil, technical knife control will be needed to make a cut on the understock, plastic is banded around the scion wood and understock to prevent moisture from entering the wound, plastic is cut from the understock and scion wood after the graft union has healed.
Spraying of pesticide/fertilizer
Grafting Evergreen and deciduous trees in greenhouse and field; Staking, tying, pruning trees in the field and in containers; Sheering and weeding in containers.
Harvest Shade, Flowering and Fruit Trees in Field:
Lift trees out of ground; Shake soil from trees; Load trees onto trailers for transport to the grading barn; Pull stakes from trees; Drive tractor in the field to aid in harvesting trees; Spraying of pesticide/fertilizer
Trees - In Warehouse & Cooler
Grading 1, 2, 3 year old finished trees; Tie bunches together; Grade to KCK quality specs; Place trees on pallets; Place trees on racks in cooler; Pick up trees for shipping; Place bare root trees onto truck.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Transport: Employer pays/reimburses foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first workweek. Workers will be provided secure inbound transportation arrangements of chartered buses from the consulate in Tijuana to the farm. For non-local workers, employer reimburses reasonable travel costs (transportation, daily subsistence, and lodging if applicable), at least-cost economy-class rates, from the place worker departed to the employer's place of employment.
Experience wanted: 2 months
This job requires a minimum 2 months of verifiable agricultural experience working in a nursery or tree and shrub farm handling both manual and mechanized tasks associated with production of trees. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience.
All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short-demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.
Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the assigned tasks throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.
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