Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. De-tasseling seed corn, remove rogue plants, weeds, and volunteer corn plants from seed corn production fields. Detassel Corn - Must be able to walk miles per day while pulling all tassels from plants within the designated female rows, including tassels on tiller/sucker plants. Tassels will be pulled as they emerge and before shedding pollen. Rogueing - Workers will remove all rogues or off- type plants from within and between seed corn rows. Clean-up Detasseling - Workers will be required to clean up all tassels or part tassels that remain from plants after detasseling machines have covered the designated female rows. Workers may also be required to husk, sort during harvest. Workers will perform seed corn receiving, silage, sorting, and dryer load out duties as it pertains to harvest seed corn crop and kernels. Workers will also perform general farm labor and clean up.

Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500.105, may be asked to drive vehicles for transporting equipment between fields on company business. This task is voluntary, compensable, and not a mandatory job duty. Workers without a valid driver’s license or doctor’s certificate will still be fully eligible for employment and are not disqualified from any other job responsibilities outlined in this application.

Special Requirements

Workers must have 2 months experience with detasseling corn. Must be 18 years or older. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift. Lifting requirement is 5-60 lbs.