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Nourse Farms, Inc. Farmworers and Laborers in Whately, Massachusetts

Date of Need:4/1/2025 to 12/9/2025 Plant, cultivate and harvest fruit and plants of raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, asparagus, horseradish, currants, blueberries. Workers will till soil, plant stock, set plant runners, cut plant divisions, prune canes and bushes; remove suckers, runners, weeds, leaves, blossoms and fruit from plants and dig plants using tools such as shovels, hoes, tampers, spading forks, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, knives, transplanter and plant digger. Apply and remove straw mulch and plastic mulch or sheeting on crops and soil. Install and remove trellis and netting for shade, crop support and bird control. Move and space plants, take cuttings from plants and trim as directed, fill pots, and work with substrate, greenhouse, and field plantings. Fertilize plants; spray plants and soil. Applying general use pesticides under the supervision of licensed applicator. Install and remove irrigation pipe and water valves to irrigate fields. May set up, operate and repair farm vehicles and machinery for agricultural purposes, using them to move haul crops, tools and supplies, etc. required for the job. Work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot or cold or wet conditions. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to bend, stoop, lift and carry. Duties may require working off the ground at heights up to 20 feet using ladders or climbing. One month\'s experience in duties listed for this position. Certain percentage of work will involve labor tasks in buffer zone areas of pesticide applications. While conducting such duties, the workers will be required to wear required personal protective equipment (for their own safety) provided by the employer. Have physical ability to carry out job wearing personal protection equipment and work in all weather. Workers are required to following Nourse Farms work conduct rules, and Nourse Farms labor camp rules, provided at the start of employment. One month expereince in duties listed is required.

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