Job Information
NJ Employer Driver in Atco, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 05/11/2026 to 10/24/2026
Monday-Saturday, Average 50-60 hrs/wk. 1 hour lunch break with half an hour required. Time of lunch will vary daily. Schedule & start/end times will vary. Some Sundays depending on the needs of the farm. Commercial Drivers License, Clean driving record. No experience required, will train.
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest blueberries, using hand tools such as shovels, rakes, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives, baskets/buckets; maintain crops by performing duties such as staking, pruning, tilling soil, applying fertilizers and pesticides, weeding; inspect the fields to maintain a 3 to 5 foot weed free strip between rows by removing weeds, grass, etc from walkways and remove all weeds growing around plants by hand using a hoe/pickaxe; remove weeds from the growing area by raking piles of debris and disposing of them as directed by the supervisor; perform miscellaneous blueberry farm clean-up work such as repair and/or replace irrigation equipment, removal of debris and other general clean-up work as required such as cleaning the fields, harvesting tools and equipment; worker goes behind harvesters and picks what was left behind by harvesters and/or reports to supervisors; may also, at times, pick alongside harvesters depending on need; unhook drip-tape from the main water line, walk down row while pulling drip-tape up and pulling plastics down the bed until it is completely removed; remove plastics by pulling plastics up, take removed plastics and drip-tape to proper disposal or burning station, as instructed by the supervisor; repair seed beds and racks, set up and move irrigation pipes and equipment. On the first workday, employer will provide specific instructions (up to 1 hour) on proper way to perform crop activity. Thereafter, workers will be expected to perform task with diligence as instructed. By the beginning of the second working day, workers will be expected to perform work in a manner specified by employer and described herein, while not adversely affecting productivity of other workers. Conduct hand or mechanical harvest of fruit, by placing quality fruit into designated container. May load and transport berries from field to processing shed utilizing any available means of transport be that via pickup truck, box truck, semi-truck and or dry van. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description
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