Picker
Department: Picking
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule: Varies, 1 day off every 5 days including a weekend every 5 weeks
Pay: $0.125 per pound picked or $12 per hour whichever is greater. (The crew average is $16 per hour.) Plus an additional $1 per hour when you are scheduled on the weekend.
Description
A picker is part of a picking crew in the Picking department. They are responsible for picking, trimming, and sizing the mushrooms. Pickers pick all types of mushrooms including white button, crimini, and portabello.
Duties
- Picking, trimming, and sizing mushrooms into baskets
- Use a knife to trim the product according to our customer’s specs
- Clean up your work area in each room
- Prepare mushrooms beds for the next day’s harvest
Requirements
- Ability to work in cooler temperatures, rooms are about 65 degrees F
- Lift up to 50 pounds
- Baskets with picked mushrooms weigh about 2.5 pounds
- Work from a portable platform called a picking trolley at elevated heights
- Work quickly
