Farm Workers

Job description

Plant, cultivate and harvest crops including soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, peanuts and rice by hand or machine. Operate, repair and maintain tractors and other farm vehicles and equipment. Prepare land for planting using a machine to clear and level fields, till soil and manually pick up roots. Operate machinery to plant and harvest soybeans, corn, cotton, wheat, peanuts and rice. Once soybeans, corn, cotton, peanuts and rice are harvested, workers will unload harvested crop into trailers and monitor and control moisture. Shovel grain into auger and peanuts onto conveyor. Carry supplies including bags and baling wire to the field. Ride on machinery and brush debris from furrow plowing spouts. Cultivate and thin crops using a hoe. Remove undesirable and excess growth such as tassels, suckers, and weeds using hand tools or by hand. Load and unload seed and/or fertilizer. Walk fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops and pull rice by hand. Use shovels for end of season draining of fields. Form and maintain levees. Put down spillway openings, drain excess water, remove levee gates and regulate proper water depth in rice fields. Put down and retrieve levee gates for irrigation of crops. Walk fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops from wells. Attach farm implements, such as a plow, disc, and drill to tractor. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers on or off the farm. Repair and maintain farm equipment and implements. Participate in irrigation activities including repairing underground irrigation. Work in groups to set up irrigation equipment, including carrying lines and putting in underground emitters. Operate irrigation equipment. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Use pick ax and shovel to make new irrigation ditches in the field. Use brooms, blowers, shovels and vacuum cleaning devices to clean barns, trucks and other equipment. Use mowers and weed eaters on employer's premises around wells, buildings and farm equipment. Farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Assist with all Good Agricultural Practices policies.

Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.

Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have a paid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.

TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker’s performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer’s reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers’ performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures;

Special Requirements

Three months of verifiable farm work experience required. Work outside in hot, humid, wet and/or cold weather conditions; walk, sit, bend, stoop, reach, lift, push, pull, carry and load 50 lbs. repeatedly; climb ladders on grain bins up to 100ft tall. Hazardous occupation. Must be 18 or older. The employer does not employ persons convicted of sex related crimes, violent crimes, or drug related crimes except under extremely limited circumstances. Individual circumstances will be taken into consideration at the request of the applicant.