Overview
Agricultural Equipment Operator/Farm worker/Nursery worker Jobs in Oregon, Illinois, USA at Visitbaker
Position: Agricultural Equipment Operator/ Farm worker/Nursery worker
Location: Oregon
Job Listing
Job Title: Agricultural Equipment Operator/ Farm worker/Nursery worker
Final date to receive applications: 08/12/2025
Job Location: Brooks
Date Posted: 03/19/2025
Hours Worked Per Week: 35
Shift: Day Shift
Duration of Job: Full Time, less than 6 months
How to apply for this position:
The employer has requested that Work Source Oregon pre-screen all applicants for this position. Please contact your local Work Source Oregon office if you wish to apply for this job.
Job Summary: Employer is seeking to fill (46) openings from 5/24/2025-11/1/2025 in Brooks, Oregon. Worksites include Marion and Washington Counties.
Requirements: 1 month experience working in vegetable or fruit processing; sweet corn, green beans, tall fescue, wheat, blueberries, strawberries, squash, and pumpkins.
Employer Notes: Daily transportation to and between worksites provided at no cost to workers living in employer-provided housing. Housing provided to those unable to return to their permanent residence at the end of the workday. Employer provides all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned. All work sites and all facilities of the employer are drug-free workplaces.
Job Duties (includes but not limited to):
Hand harvest blueberries at the location indicated by the supervisor.
Pick blueberries from bushes according to grade, color, and size by grasping berries with fingers and removing berries so as not to harm adjacent berries and buds, bruise the picked berries, or drop green or ripe fruit.
Place berries into flats or trays.
Sort, cull, grade, and pack corn on a conveyor belt; 48 ears to a box in a prescribed manner. Employees must average 20 packed boxes per hour.
Hand harvest strawberries at the location indicated by the supervisor.
Harvest pumpkins and squash, pack, and sort green beans, help with hand irrigation, handle, and stack boxes when necessary.
Operate tractors and farm machinery.
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday-Saturday, 7AM-1:30PM. Guarantee of work for 3/4 of the contract.
Wage: $19.82 per hour, paid bi-weekly. Piece rate:
Strawberry Harvesting: estimated hourly wage rate equivalent for this piece rate is $21.00 based on workers filling 5.6 (15 lb.) crates per hour on average paid at $0.25 per pound; 2.8 (15 lb.) crates per hour on average paid at $0.50 per pound. Blueberry Harvesting: estimated hourly wage rate equivalent for this piece rate is $21.00 based on workers filling 3.99 (15 lb.)
crates per hour on average paid at $0.30 per pound; 1.49 (15 lb.) crates per hour on average paid at $0.80 per pound;
Corn: employees who pack an average of 20 boxes of corn per hour will receive a bonus of .50 cents per box for any boxes packed that exceed 20 per hour, daily.
Deductions: All required Federal and State deductions.
Job Classification: Farm workers And Laborers, Crops, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Please remember, to apply for these jobs you must be a U.S. Citizen, a Legal Permanent Resident, or otherwise authorized to work in the United States.
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Title: Agricultural Equipment Operator/Farm worker/Nursery worker
Company: Visitbaker
Location: Oregon, Illinois, USA
Category: Outdoor/Nature/Animal Care (General Labor, Agriculture / Farming), Trades / Skilled Labor (General Labor, Agriculture / Farming)
