Farmworker, Laborers
Employer
13487 Clito Rd
Statesboro, GA 30461
United States
Job description
Sanitation Requirements : For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. There will be no smoking allowed in the field or packing areas. Employees will manually plant, weed, harvest, grade, clean and pack carrots and watermelons.
Plant: Worker will plant seedlings into prepared lands in accordance to the supervisor's instructions.
Harvest: Worker will hand harvest produce at ground level according to the employers instructions. Workers must exercise extreme care not to drop the produce at any time during handling. Loose or spilling produce must be picked up.
Pack: Workers will grade, clean and pack produce according to the instructions given by the employer.
General Conditions Applicable To All Crops: Fieldwork begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during light rain and in high humidity and in temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to 20 degrees F. Workers will perform the majority of tasks standing in the upright position and can expect to stand on their feet for extended periods of time. Some tasks, however, require workers to perform activities on their feet in stooped or crouched position for long periods of time. Workers will supply their own work clothes. All the tasks in this Job Description constitute one (1) job; the employer may assign workers to different tasks on any day or to multiple tasks during the same day in the sole judgment of the employer. Workers may be required to perform work, on the farm, that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application, such as performing hand cultivation tasks, weeding or hoeing, cleaning and repairing farm buildings, seed beds, grounds, set up and move aluminum irrigation pipes and equipment, cleaning and maintaining drip irrigation systems, installation and removal of black plastic for purposes of drip irrigation, gardening, weeding and shrubbing, etc. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farmworker, Field Crop II, DOT designation 404.687-010. This is a very demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must be rigorously adhered to. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated. Work and/or harvest specifications, can change from time to time during the season due to crop or market conditions, even on the same crop. Workers will be expected to conform to the specific instructions given for each days work.
Instructions and general supervision will be provided by the farm owner/supervisor or a designated employee. However, field workers will be expected to perform their duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision.
Special Requirements
Workers will manually plant, weed, harvest, grade, clean and pack carrots and watermelons. Workers must exercise extreme care not to drop farm produce any time during handling. Able to work in hold, cold and/or humid weather bending or stooping to reach ground level crops, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers should report to work on their own suitable clothing.