Farmworker

Job description

Plant, cultivate and harvest soybeans, rice, and corn by hand or machine. Till soil, weed fields, prepare land for planting, and load and unload harvested products. Load seed on farm equipment for planting. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Operate farm vehicles and agricultural equipment to plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, and harvest crops.

Build and maintain levees, put in spillways, rogue rice fields during flood. Walk fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops. Check rice fields daily for water levels. Drain excess water from fields. Receive rice crop for drying and storage at grain drying facility, dispose of spoiled grain from pit and elevator area and chop grass out of fields.

Walk soybean fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops from wells. Rogue soybean and cornfields by walking through fields and removing undesirable off type soybean and corn varieties and weeds by hand or using a hoe, shovel or machete.

Remove undesirable and excess growth such as tassels, suckers, and weeds using hand tools or by hand. Unload harvested crop into grain bins. Unload grain bins and load into trucks. Ensure hoppers are filled properly. Level grain in bins using shovel.

Participate in irrigation activities, including setting up and operating irrigation equipment, cleaning and maintaining irrigation ditches. Install levy gates, unroll levy gates, roll levy gates, shovel grain onto trucks, drain levy gates, carry irrigation pipe, and dig irrigation ditches. Perform end of season draining of fields with shovels.

Clean work areas and maintain grounds. Clean in and around grain bins and grain pits. Mow and weedeat around work spaces and housing areas. Repair, clean, and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Provide field preparation and field clean up including burning fields. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers on or off the farm. Assist with 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 an unpaid 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.

Special Requirements

Three months farmwork experience required. Work outside in extremely hot, cold or wet weather. Perform prolonged walking, sitting, bending, stooping, and repetitive movements. Must be 18 or older.