Farm Workers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse
Employer
Wilson: 35.555097, -90.193770
Joiner, AR 72350
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Planting, Cultivating, & Harvesting Row Crops. Duties include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, fertilize, spray and harvest crops. This includes crops such as cotton, corn, wheat, soybeans, and rice. Other duties include loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; helping with grain bin minor repair, maintenance, clean out, loading and unloading grain into semi-trucks (workers will not drive semi-trucks), operating augers and grain conveying equipment, preparing scale tickets, and shoveling grain. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Perform a variety of other duties such as drain water from fields with hand tools & shovels and tractors when needed, maintain/clean all hand tools & mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Along with assisting in irrigating crops by putting in levee gates and laying polypipe. Workers place grain onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators. Prepare barns, drain fields, prepare land for planting, and other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Workers may mow the farm. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, track-hoes, ATVs/side by sides, forklift and skid steers. Workers must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers must be able to perform general farm cleanup due to any weather damage such as wind, snow, ice, rain, or tornado damage. Workers must be able to perform and help with any general maintenance around the farm and with farm equipment, as well as routine. Workers may be asked to drive farm vehicles.
Special Requirements
Must be 18 years or older. Three (3) months experience required in row crops. A valid Drivers' License is required to drive transportation provided. The employer may conduct a criminal background check on all applicants for employment. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach and lift 10-100 lbs. Workers must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required job duties. Workers should expect periods of little/no work and hours and days will vary due to weather conditions beyond the employers control and daily hours may be extended due to planting and harvesting demands.