Farmworker & Laborer, Crop
Employer
984 Hwy 208
Yerington, NV 89447
United States
Job description
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 will be required to prepare fields for irrigation. Workers may also operate a tractor on a limited and incidental basis and assist in land preparation and planting/cultivation activities. Workers may be required to perform work, on the farm, that is incidental to farming such as cleaning and repairing farm buildings, grounds, set up and move irrigation pipes and equipment, gardening and weeding, etc.. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farmworker, Diversified Crops, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092.02. Specific instructions and close supervision will be provided by the farm owner and/or supervisor designated by the grower. Workers will be expected to perform their duties in a timely and proficient manner and will have close supervision to insure adherence to instructions. Work will be closely monitored and reviewed for quality.
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.
Worker may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so. All work related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor. If requested, worker must sign a document weekly to confirm whether or not they have been injured and other work related information. The employer will provide without charge to the worker the tools, supplies and equipment necessary to perform the job duties. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the workers
refusal or negligent failure to return property of the employer or due to such workers willful damage or destruction of such property.
Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work eight hours per day Monday through Friday and five hours on Saturday every day that work is available for the full period of employment shown in Item A.3 through A.4, even though work may be slack for brief periods, from time to time, throughout the employment period in the production of these crops. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment shown in Item A.3 through A.4. Work available is defined as, no work required by the worker on
Sabbath or federal holidays, but work is required eight hours per day Monday-Friday, and five hours on Saturday.
The worker understands that if he abandons his employment or is terminated for cause prior to the end of the period of employment shown in Item A.4 he will forfeit the 3/4 guarantee and reimbursement of certain transportation costs described elsewhere in this job order and will not be eligible for rehire. Excessive absences and/or tardiness, cannot be tolerated and may result in termination.
Daily individual work assignments, crew assignments, and location of work, will be made by and at the sole discretion of the farm manger and/or farm supervisor as the needs of the farming operation dictate. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and/or different tasks on different days. Workers will be expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the worker's supervisor. Work may be performed during light rain and in windy conditions and in temperatures ranging from 100 degrees to 20 degrees F.
Special Requirements
Other Conditions of Employment:
1.Discipline and/or Termination: Employer may discipline and/or terminate the worker for lawful job-related reasons and so notify the
Job Service local office of the termination if the worker: a) refuses without justified cause to perform work for which the worker was
recruited and hired; b) commit serious act(s) of misconduct or serious or repeated violation(s) of Work Rules attached hereto; c)
malingers or otherwise refuses without justified cause to perform as directed the work for which the Worker was recruited and hired;
d) provides other lawful job-related reason(s) for termination of employment; e) abandons his employment (Abandonment is defined at
20 CFR sec. 655.122(n) and has the following meaning: abandonment will be deemed to begin after a worker fails to report to work at
the regularly scheduled time for 5 consecutive working days without the consent of the employer); f) falsifies identification, personnel,
medical, production or other