Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
TOTAL SEED PRODUCTION, INC.
1625 N 800 W
TIPTON, IN 46072
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by the TSP Supervisor. Job duties may include operating farm machinery to do the following: plant, cultivate, spray, detassel, harvest, and store grain crops. Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc, and planter to tractor. Till soil, plant and spray row crops. Tow harvesting and spraying equipment. Drive and operate combines, John Deere, Case and Challenger tractors, backhoes and sprayers. Drive International, Mack, Kenworth and Freightliner trucks pulling hopper bottom trailers, dump trailers or flatbed trailers. Perform a variety of duties such as operating, lubricating and repairing farm machinery and driving grain trucks to transport crops to elevator or storage area. Workers will keep house and yard clean. Workers will transport other workers to and from work sites and grocery store. OFLC Administrator publishes new AEWR rates yearly and we reserve the right to adjust our job order to the new published rate regardless of rate increases or decreases. 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 and ability to follow supervisor’s instructions.
Special Requirements
Minimum of three (3) months experience in planting, cultivating, and harvesting and/or spraying corn and soybeans. CDL License required drive company vehicles. 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. Lifting requirement may have a range of 5 - 60 lbs. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Most of the workday is spent in agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, humid, and other natural elements. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift while performing their required job duties. Safety training on tools and equipment will be provided, if necessary. If the employee is unable or unfit to