Farm Worker
Employer
99 Hart Ln.
Ruleville, MS 38771
United States
Job description
Job duties include operating tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, semi-trucks, mowers, and other large farm equipment to prepare land and plant, irrigate, fertilize, cultivate, spray, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Job will also require loading grain into trucks from grain bins; operating automatic grain conveying equipment; working in and repairing grain bins when necessary; operating well motors when necessary; laying irrigation pipe and puncturing irrigation pipe at set intervals; putting in rice levees and gates; mowing grass around the farmstead; performing mechanical repair and maintenance on farm equipment; using hand tools in fields to remove weeds and ensure optimal field conditions for crop growth; lifting buckets of oil, tires, tools, etc.; walking to check irrigation pipe; monitoring field water levels. Daily duties may vary depending on weather and crop conditions. Pay increase or bonus may be possible depending on experience and merit.
Special Requirements
Job requires having, or being able to obtain, a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Workers will be required to understand and be able to converse in English. Job duties will require workers to be outdoors during periods when the temperature could exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Job duties will require workers to push, pull, sit, walk, stoop, bend over, or perform repetitive movements for extended periods.