Farmworkers And Laborers, Crops

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Rogueing: the worker will walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields, removing the corn plants that are from a different species leaving the field ready for detasseling. Corn detasseling: the worker will walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields, removing the spikes that are left after the detasseling machine passes through. Workers will remove the spikes and drop them on the ground. Workers may operate detasseling machine. Seed Corn Sorting: After the machine harvests the seed corn from the fields, the corn cobs will be put on a conveyor belt so the workers can sort the corn cubs by size and class. Flowers: workers will perform agricultural work including planting, weeding and harvesting flowers along with miscellaneous agriculture tasks pertaining to the operations of business. Hand weeding: Workers will walk through the corn fields pulling the weeds around the corn plants. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker.

Workers may drive agricultural equipment around the farm as needed. Workers with a clean MVR and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to drive company pick up trucks.

Special Requirements

See Addendum C.