What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Temporary Horticulture Farmhand position at Berea College?
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Description:
The Summer Temporary Horticulture Farmhand will work closely with the Horticulture Farm Manager, Horticulture
Berea Corps Associate, and students to accomplish daily operations. Activities include, but are not limited to, crop
production tasks such as ground preparation, planting, cultivating, weeding, and harvesting cleaning and packaging
produce and produce delivery. May work with the public at plant sale and U-pick events on campus
Your Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with daily crop care
- Harvest, wash, pack and store produce
- Deliver produce to local markets
- Collaborate and cooperate with staff to complete time sensitive tasks
- Assist with basic repairs and maintenance on vehicles, tractors, equipment and facilities
What You'll Bring:
- Some high school
Experience required to ensure success in this position:
- Experience working outdoors
- Experience with vegetable and fruit crops, tractor operation, small equipment operation
Special skills, knowledge, and abilities:
- Professional conduct that embodies Berea’s Workplace Expectations
- Willingness to work with a diverse student body and college staff
- Ability to operate typical farm equipment including lawn mowers, trimmers, hand tools, tractors and
- Ability to work in hot, humid conditions typical of Kentucky summers
- Ability to work in high-tunnels and greenhouse where temperatures may exceed 100F
License, certification, or registration necessary:
- Valid Driver's License
Physical requirements:
- Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
- Ability to repeated lift 50 lbs.
- Ability to work in hot or cold environments, both inside and outside
- Ability to engage in rigorous activity and extensive walking
- Ability to engage in a full range of visual observation, physical mobility, and motor skills needed to
Environmental conditions:
- Farm conditions with exposure to fumes, dust, pollen, plants, insects, rain, ice, snow, heat, and
- Walk in freezers or refrigerators
Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:
- Tractors with typical implements used for mowing, planting, materials transport, and harvesting
- Lawn mowers, hand and power tools, chainsaw, trimmers, etc.
- Standard office equipment: computer, phone, timeclock
- Vans and trucks used to transport students and materials
- Produce harvesting and cleaning equipment
Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team.
Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
This position is not eligible for benefits, however, Berea College still offers unique position opportunities you can read more about below.
Our Unique Culture:
Berea College strives to be a place where people with various Christian interpretations, different religious traditions, and no religious traditions work together in support of Berea's Great Commitments.
Over the past century, various leaders of the College have applied the College’s inclusive scriptural foundation and spirit to their expanding world and welcomed those whose beliefs were consistent with the Christian gospel of impartial love. Therefore, Berea College today affirms its inclusive Christian tradition even as it respects the traditions of Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and Hindus, as well as other faiths, and those holding no religious beliefs. We strive not to ignore our differences, but rather seek to understand each other honestly and respectfully, and together create a climate where anyone can openly discuss what they believe without fear of sanction. To that end, all persons who are willing to share in the spirit and the work of the Great Commitments as shaped by its preamble are welcome to study, to teach, and to work at Berea
Labor Supervision:
In support of Berea College’s great commitments, staff and faculty serve as labor supervisors. Our fourth great commitment, The Dignity of Labor, promotes learning and serving in community through the student Labor Program, honoring the dignity and utility of all work, mental and manual, and taking pride in work well done. Student Labor Supervision includes scheduling, assigning, and approving student work, developing students' workplace acumen, and providing tangible work experience. To learn more about the labor program office please see the following link Labor Program Office.
Salary : $204,000
