Farm Worker
Employer
24003 CR 115
Schlater, MS 38952
United States
Job description
Job duties include operating various farm equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, irrigate, spray, harvest, and transport crops to the storage area. Equipment that employees will operate includes but is not limited to tractors, sprayers, combines, track hoe, backhoe, and tractors with various implements attached. Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven on the farm and to storage facilities. Duties also involve working with grain bins such as sweeping, shoveling, and operating conveyors and augers. Manual labor includes but is not limited to mechanical repair and maintenance on equipment and around the farm; maintaining an organized shop location; laying, poking holes, and picking up poly pipe; using hand tools in fields; weeding; and working with levee gates. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.
Special Requirements
Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions and extensive pushing, pulling, sitting, walking, stooping, bending, or repetitive movements. Random drug testing and criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure a safe housing and work environment for all workers.