Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
255 Hardin Lane
Coldwater, MS 38618
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. General Farm Labor: Workers will shovel, haul, and spread manure. Workers will dig holes, ditches, and trenches. Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Haul hay. Workers may also operate tractor, tree spade, and pressure washer. Nursery: Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, axes, pick, hand saw, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, and cleaning, grading, packing, and loading harvested product. Plant seeds by hand. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, and participate in irrigation activities. Load and unload plants on truck to fill orders. Prepare or ready baskets of flowers for sale. Workers may transport workers to fields and/or grocery store. Raises and bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker, at the employer’s discretion, based on individual factors including but not limited to, performance, experience, number of hours worked in the season, number of seasons worked with the company, adherence to work rules & ability to follow supervisor instructions.
Special Requirements
Must have 3 months experience in planting, cultivating, harvesting vegetables and produce, and greenhouse/nursery activities. Applicants must be 18 years or older. If asked to operate vehicles, a valid drivers license will be required. There is a lifting requirement of 5 to 30 lbs. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, lift, and extensive walking. Work is performed outdoors and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed.