Farm Workers And Laborers

Job description

General Farm Work: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities pack sweet potatoes harvested on the farm. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in field. Must not hinder another worker's productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver's license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. Requires one month verifiable prior farmworker experience in the crop activities listed.

Transplant Sweet potatoes: Worker may ride mechanical transplanter. Workers may walk behind transplanter to reset missing plants. workers will cut their sweet potato slips and fill its 40 pound box then carry it to the field wagon load it so it can later on by planted. workers will load and unload its own sweet potato slips. Workers must be able to perform the job as described above. Workers may be required to perform other jobs duties as required by the employer. The pay rate to transplant sweet potato work is hourly paid.

Special Requirements

Workers may be required to perform work that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application. All other duties, if any assigned, will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified Crops, DOT code 407.687-010 (SOC (ONET/OES) code 45-2092.02). 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.