Farm Worker
Employer
24003 CR 115
Schlater, MS 38952
United States
Job description
Job duties include operating various farm equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, irrigate, spray, harvest, and transport crops to the storage area. Equipment that employees will operate includes but is not limited to tractors, sprayers, combines, track hoe, backhoe, tractors with various implements attached, and semi trucks. Duties also involve working with grain bins such as sweeping, shoveling, and operating conveyors and augers. Manual labor includes but is not limited to mechanical repair and maintenance on equipment and around the farm; maintaining an organized shop location; laying, poking holes, and picking up poly pipe; using hand tools in fields; weeding; and working with levee gates. Employees must have or be able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire; have 3 months of experience; and basic English literacy, reading, and math skills. Increase or bonus may be possible depending on experience and merit.
Special Requirements
Drug screening may be done post hire at the employer's expense to ensure safety on and around the worksite and to the public. Employees must be able to lift 75 pounds. Employees will be working long hours sitting in tractors and performing various manual duties in the heat of the summer in the MS delta.