Cdl Driver

Job description

Corn Truck Drivers: Corn truck drivers will load corn and deliver it to the packing house on the farm. Drivers will maneuver their trucks into loading and unloading positions. Drivers will need to follow proper procedures to ensure safe handling of corn during the process.

Bus Drivers. Qualifying candidates may also drive vehicles to assist company with transportation of workers. Driving will involve picking up workers to and from different housing sites and the daily assigned work sites at the end of the day. Drivers are also responsible for filling the vehicle with gasoline, keeping it clean and completion of required documentation.

Incidental Duties: Some workers may be requested to be working crew leaders. These workers will be chosen based on several factors including the workers performance and tenure. Farm, Field, and Shed Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm, and shed sanitation duties.

Corn: A corn puller will first be taken to designated field ready to be cut and harvested for the day. Once the corn puller is properly ready for work, the corn puller will line up in corn rows designated for him to pull. The worker will then proceed to stand in his or her area and bend over to each stalk and snap off ears of corn that are available to pull with his hands. After snapping off ears of corn, he will inspect them and then throw them onto tables that are located on the corn harvesting machine that will be moving behind the corn pullers as they continue to move forward in their designated rows. Everyday there will be different corn orders, there will be days when it will contain certain specifications on what needs to be cut, for example when dealing with first and secondary ear of corn etc. Depending on what the corn stalks have on them. The workers will be pulling corn, always keeping in mind that he will always have to meet company quality standards. Meeting these standards is a very important part of the job and the corn puller will have three to four days to train for these quality standards and the quantity of work expected from them and any other coworker doing the same job. A corn puller should harvest a minimum of 50 boxes of corn per hour to be able to move along with the machinery that will be continually advancing behind them; we expect any new corn pullers to meet the same minimum within the first 5 days of work. The workers in order to perform this kind of work, must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and he is possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the cutting process rapidly, the employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the worker’s refusal or negligence to return the tools or due to such worker’s willful damage or destruction of the tools.

Special Requirements

Workers will perform various tasks in hand harvesting crops according to supervisors instructions and have at least 1 month experience doing fieldwork. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time.
Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.
Workers must have a valid, insurable drivers license or be eligible to apply for same at no cost to the worker.
Worker must have and maintain a valid driver's license: Class A CDL or equivalent. Must comply with all applicable requirements of USDOT regulations. Must pass a post-employment road test to gauge driving ability. Employer uniformly conducts a post-employment DOT physical, drug screen, background check and motor vehicle records check at no cost to the worker.