Farmworker
Employer
8520 Woodville Road
Mount Airy, MD 21771
United States
Job description
Frey Agricultural Products, Inc. requires employees that must be able to work outdoors in dusty and dirty conditions in inclement weather. In addition, the employees have to manually plant, cultivate, and harvest field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. The employees must be able to crouch, bend, and sit on the ground, reach and lift and carry items weighing up to 75 pounds. Duties may also include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Furthermore, the employees must be able to listen to, understand, and follow simple instructions of field operations leaders and supervisors. This job requires three
months (or 480 hours) of verifiable prior experience. Employer will comply with re-entry restrictions applicable to pesticides and other chemicals used in the fields. A designated lead worker or company supervisor will provide instructions and general supervision. Technical horticultural activities will be closely supervised. However, workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers may not report for work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The possession or use of illegal drugs or alcohol (exception is made for moderate alcohol consumption in company housing during non-working hours) on company property is prohibited and will be cause for termination. The employer at no cost will provide any tools or equipment necessary to perform required tasks to the worker. Tasks will be related to the planting, growing, cultivating, weeding, fertilizing, pruning, harvesting, and sorting of diverse vegetables and fruit crops. These crops may include but are not limited to the following: soybean, corn, and hay. Workers may be required to do any other manual task involved in the production of these crops. All work must be performed carefully according to instruction to avoid damage to fruit and vegetable crops.
Special Requirements
The scheduled workweek is 39 hours. Starting time is 8:00 a.m. and quitting time is 4:00 p.m. with 1 hour for lunch. Four hours on Saturday During busy planting and harvest season workers may be requested to start earlier and work more than the scheduled 39 hours per week. When the weather is hot the starting and quitting times may be shifted to earlier or later in the day. This may vary depending on crop and weather conditions.
Employer will provide United States workers referred through this clearance order with 39 hours of work for the week beginning with the anticipated date of employment shown in item 9, unless the employer amends the date of need in accordance with 20 CFR 653.501(d)(2)(v)(A) and 20 CFR 653.501(d)(2)(v)(D). The employer may require the worker to perform alternative work if this guarantee is invoked.