Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
CR 102
Vardaman, MS 38878
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. General Field & Fence Maintenance: Clearing ground of rocks, sticks, and roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. Workers may dig ditches with shovels, cut plants with knives, pull weeds by hand or using hand tools. Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovels when needed. The workers may use or operate the following tools and equipment: skid loader, digger, nail gun, power washer, drill, staple gun, knives, hoes, shovels, and other tools associated with harvesting sweet potatoes and general farm labor. Workers may also operate the following agricultural equipment: forklift, 2 row digger, and tractor pulling implements for sweet potato harvesting. Harvesting Sweet Potatoes: Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade, and pack potatoes by size, quality, or type. Load and unload boxes on trucks, trailers, or sweet potato harvesters. Check, maintain, and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Build or make minor repairs to existing barns or potato shed. May operate skid loader to load and unload trucks and trailers. May be asked to fill/pull water wagon and spray/water potatoes.
Special Requirements
Must be 18 years or older. The company may conduct criminal background checks. Three (3) months experience needed in use of mechanical diggers, sorting, and grading sweet potatoes. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Must be able to lift 5-60 lbs. The majority of the workday is spent on ones feet and outdoors. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift. Work in extreme weather conditions. Work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Worker 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 job duties.