Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
CR 235 @ CR 260
Bruce, MS 38915
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Workers may be asked to operate vehicles; farm equipment; all tractors (in the field); implements on farm including but not limited to: disk, dual, do-all, chisel plow, bush hog, hipper, water trailer to water plants, and any other equipment related to the planting and harvesting of crops. Workers will use the following tools and equipment: shovel, chainsaw, hammer, four-wheeler, tractor, high clearance sprayer, forklift, skid steer, combine, cotton picker and potato transplanter and digger. Workers may repair, maintain, and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Other job duties may include clearing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw, field and fence maintenance, build and repair boxes for digger with wood, preparing the ground for planting, manually weeding fields by hand, or using hand tools, drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed, move hay, load and unload boxes on trucks and trailers, workers may be asked to do welding and torch work when needed. Sweet Potatoes: Covering potatoes with use of bedding machine & covering with plastic, removal of plastic once bedding is complete, cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto trucks and trailers, walk behind potato trans-planter and fill slips by hand, riding mechanical trans-planter and loading slips in planting cups, diving plants by hand. Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade & pack potatoes by size quality or type. May clean potato warehouse/storage building/shop. May also plant, maintain, and harvest the following crops: purple hull peas, watermelons, beans, soybeans, squash, cotton, corn, and okra. May drive bus or truck to transport the workers to and from worksites and grocery store. Raises and bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker, at the employer’s discretions, 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 and ability to follow supervisor instructions.
Special Requirements
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Employer may conduct a criminal background check on all new applicants for employment. Job requires 3 months experience in operating tractors, machinery, farm implements such as disk, do all, water wagon, and bush hog, hand cutting slips, use of mechanical transplanter, mechanical diggers, and sorting/grading sweet potatoes. The ability of an employee to safely operate machinery and vehicles will be left up to the discretion of management. To ensure the safety of all employees, those interested in operating machinery and vehicles must be able to communicate with employer and adequately follow instructions given by management. Management reserves the right to restrict employees from operational duties who do not show a proficiency to effectively communicate with management and may therefore place other employees safety at risk.