Farm Worker
Employer
8106 Tupper Bayou Rd
Isola, MS 38754
United States
Job description
Job requires operating farm equipment including, but not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, cotton pickers, and semi-trucks to work ground and plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to grain bins or storage facility. Job will also require using hand tools in fields to repair equipment, remove weeds, and maintain proper field conditions for crops; working with irrigation equipment such as irrigation pipe and well motors to ensure crops have an adequate water supply; loading seed into planters; mixing chemicals and loading chemicals into sprayers; cleaning equipment and shop areas; repairing and maintaining farm buildings and structures; keeping farm shop areas organized; working in and around grain bin facility; operating automatic grain conveying equipment; shoveling and sweeping grain; leveling grain in bins. Daily duties may vary. Pay increase or bonus may be possible depending on experience or merit.
Special Requirements
Job requires having or being able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Criminal background checks may be possible post-hire at the employer's expense. Workers will be performing duties outdoors during times when temperatures could exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Performing job duties will requires periods where workers will push, pull, sit, walk, stoop, bend over, or perform repetitive movements. Basic English literacy and math skills are required.