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PETROCCO FARMS, Inc Farmworker in Brighton, Colorado
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Position: Farmworker
Requirements:
Candidates must have at least two (2) months of recent and verifiable experience within the past two (2) years working on a diversified vegetable crop farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. This position requires a minimum of two (2) months for the employee to get a full understanding of the job and responsibilities. Must be able to understand work & safety instructions in English or Spanish, the languages spoken and written in the workplace. Drug testing is conducted at employer's expense: pre-employment/post hire, upon reasonable suspicion, post-accident and at random or periodically.
Job Description:
Crops/Commodities: Cabbage, kale, collards, green beans, greens, lettuce, onions, sweet corn, melons, beet root, bell peppers, cilantro, cucumbers, fennel, hard squashes, herbs, peppers, Romaine lettuce, Swiss chard, tomatillos, turnips, including conventionally and organically raised varieties. Workers will perform field work associated with vegetable cultivation and harvest including weeding, thinning and transplanting by hand, harvesting/picking and field packing/loading vegetables into containers. Employer will provide gloves and kneepads for any activities associated with hand-weeding or thinning. Picks, cuts, lifts, or pulls crop to harvest them. Workers must be able to distinguish between vegetable plants and weeds. May assist with irrigation and shovel/clean irrigation ditches. Workers will use hand tools, such as but not limited to hoes and shovels. Once workers have been instructed in food safety rules pertaining to commodity production, compliance with such will be expected. The majority of the work will be performed in the field rather than company's packing sheds but workers may be asked to work in the packing sheds to sort, pack, ice and load vegetables onto trucks.
Workers must be physically able to perform the work which involves lifting boxes weighing up to 70 pounds to a height of 5 feet. Workers may operate tractors occasionally. Workers with an insurable driver's license may be asked to drive farm vehicles to transport produce from field to market/storage facilities within a 50-mile radius of farm.
Anticipated Hours of Work Per Week:
8 hour days; 48 hours per week
Schedule: 6am - 3pm Monday - Saturday
Anticipated Period of Employment: 03/15/2026 - 11/20/2026
Application Deadline: 07/18/2026
Job Location: Brighton, CO
Pay: $16.28/hour
Effective 1/1/25:
Overtime must be paid after 48 hours/week, or 56 hours/week for up to 22 "peak weeks" for highly seasonal employers.