Farm Workers And Laborers
Employer
Poverty Point Produce 4356 LA-577
Pioneer , LA 71266
United States
Job description
General Farm Work: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, operate farm equipment or participate in irrigation activities. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in field. Must not hinder another worker's productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires one month verifiable prior farmworker experience in the crop activities listed.
hand harvest Long Green Cucumbers: Move along row, stoop and bend to pick developed long green cucumbers and place into 5/8th bushel bucket. Carry full buckets to a nearby truck for dumping, receive ticket or token in emptied bucket and return to assigned row to continue task. Workers must clean the vines (pick all cucumbers of marketable size) and larger as specified by employer. Workers will be required to stay on their assigned row. Worker must be careful to avoid damaging vines, blooms and smaller cucumbers.
May be required to block and thin cucumbers and perform general cultivation work and move tractors or trucks on the farm incidental to picking. Workers may be required to perform other duties as required by employer.
Special Requirements
Workers may be required to perform work that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the
application. All other duties, if any assigned, will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified
Crops, DOT code 407.687-010 (SOC (ONET/OES) code 45-2092.02). This is a very demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must be rigorously adhered to. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated.