Farmworkers, Laborers
Employer
4036 Robertson Gin Rd
Hernando, MS 38632
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Manually Plant/Cultivate/Harvest trees, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and field crops. Duties may vary from time to time. Workers will shovel, haul, and spread manure, dig holes, ditches, and trenches. Use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, axes, pick, hand saw, trowels, chopping hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties also may include tilling soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, and cleaning, grading, packing, and loading harvested product. Plant seeds by hand. Loading and unloading plants on/off trucks to fill orders. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Workers may also operate a tractor, tree spade and pressure washer. Haul hay. Workers may also provide daily care, incidental water/feed, and maintenance related to animal husbandry. 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
A valid drivers' license required. Applicants must have 3 months experience in General Farm Labor, Vegetables and Harvesting/Planting Trees. 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. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Workers should expect periods of little/no work due to weather conditions beyond employers control. Hours and days of work may vary due to weather conditions. Work in extreme weather conditions. Work is performed outdoors and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold and other natural elements. There is a lifting requirement of 5 - 30 lbs. If the employee is unable or unfit to perform the duties listed after a 14-day trial period, the employee will receive warnings, hours may be reduced to the minimum allowed in the