Farm Workers, General
Employer
55 Four Mile Road
Inverness, MS 38753
United States
Job description
Drive tractors: prepare fields, plant, cultivate and harvest crops; unload and store seeds and supplies; haul seeds, fuel to field. Perform general farm labor jobs: maintenance on farm equipment (clean, oil, repair); repair fences; repair and clean farm buildings (sheds, barns, etc.); mow areas around buildings and keep clean and free from debris; Seine ponds to harvest catfish. Feed fish check oxygen levels in the pond, harvest fish from ponds and load onto trucks, wade in the pond to keep net mud line on the bottom, repair spawning containers, and position in brood ponds. Feel inside spawning container for fish or spawns. Remove spawns, move to the hatchery, prepare and place in hatching troughs. Monitor hatchery, clean hatching troughs, feed fry, disinfect hatching basket, transfer fry to nursery ponds, remove spawning containers and consolidate brood fish to holding ponds, feed fingerlings and broodfish Work outside in the heat and cold, work in 4'-6' water in a catfish pond. Handle live fish. Performs typical farm and pond maintenance levee repair and maintenance, pull weeds, mow grass, clean and store equipment, etc. uses seines, dip nets, waders, gloves uses oxygen meter and/or chemical test kit,
Special Requirements
Able to drive 250 hp tractor with 12-row farm implements, work outside, able to swim-ponds are 4-6 deep Some heavy lifting (50 lbs.) Must be available for the entire contract period and able to perform all job duties. Hours of work may vary due to weather conditions and job duties. Workers will only drive on farm property and will not drive trucks off farm property such as on county roads, state, or intrastate highways. A drivers license is not required to drive farm trucks on-farm access roads or to drive farm implements, tractors, etc. Applicants meeting all qualifications required must possess documents to complete INS Form I-9 and be available at the time and place necessary to begin employment.