Student Worker - Roth Farms

Job Summary:

The Roth Farm Student Employee provides diligent, focused and thorough care to all livestock housed at the Roth Farm. Additionally, the position entails a variety of general farm chores and crop production tasks. The Roth Farm Student Employee works following established processes and procedures, but must also be adaptable to a dynamic work environment prone to changes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Care of livestock.
• Fieldwork consistent with the production of vegetables, small fruit and agronomic row crops.
• Operation of farm equipment.
• Repair of buildings, maintenance of facilities and equipment.
• Operation of retail farm market.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Employment eligibility:

• Currently enrolled Delaware Valley University student
• Must be authorized to work in the United States and provide required documentation to verify identity and employment eligibility

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Reliability
• Willingness to learn
• Attentiveness to detail

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Occasionally lifting 25 lbs or less
• Frequently lifting 25 lbs or more
• Typically standing or walking
• Typically bending, crouching, stooping
• Climbing ladders, scaffolds
• Occasionally running, climbing
• Using tools requiring high dexterity
• Outdoor exposure to weather
• Exposure to chemicals
• Exposure to moving machinery
• Exposure to unpleasant odors
• Exposure to animal feces and specimens
• May be exposed to animal bites, scratches and contagious diseases
• High noise environment
• High dust, dirt, grease environment
• Must hold valid driver’s license
• May have an alternative work schedule
• May be required to be on-call