Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all of the following job specifications:

Employee Badge: At the beginning of the employment period, each worker will be assigned an employee badge for identification and payroll purposes. The worker will be required to keep the badge throughout his/her employment period and must have the badge in possession at all times while working. The worker will present their badge to the Supervisor at the beginning and end of each workday, and from time to time throughout the workday, for payroll purposes. The employer will provide the worker with the badge free of charge.

Laying Plastic (Drip): Workers are required to load 75 to 80 lbs. rolls of plastic and drip tape rolls weighing around 50 lbs. on to machinery and ride on the back of machinery to ensure rolls are distributed evenly on pre beds of dirt. Worker is required to ride fertilizer wagon and use a shovel to make sure there is no clogging of fertilizer at distribution. Worker is required to remove casing when rolls of plastic and drip tape have emptied and repeat process. Plastic machine riders and other task required to lay plastic, and bed press, cleaning out fertilizer hoppers, painting numbers, measuring row lengths. Workers are required to use a shovel to tuck in the ends of the plastic being laid by machinery at the ends of each row. Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field. Units covered will be divided by number of workers on the crew times the pay rate.

Plastic Repair: Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field.

Irrigation Installation, Maintenance and Removal: Connecting, installing and maintaining irrigation (poly) lines at various points in fields for irrigation practices of crops. Removal of irrigation (poly) lines and connections at end of crop season. This task will include shovel work as needed.

JOB OPPORTUNITY:
Employer assures that the job opportunity identified in this clearance order (hereinafter also
referred to as the “job order”) is a full-time temporary position being placed with the SWA in
connection with an H-2A Application for Temporary Employment Certification for H-2A workers
and this clearance order satisfies the requirements for agricultural clearance orders in 20 CFR part
653, subpart F and the requirements set forth in 20 CFR 655, subpart B. This job opportunity offers
U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is
offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers and complies with the requirements at
20 CFR part 655, subpart B. The job opportunity is open to any qualified U.S. worker regardless of
race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or citizenship. However, applicants must
be 18 years or older to be considered for employment.

Special Requirements

The employer may conduct a drug/alcohol test post-employment at the employers expense.