General Farm Laborer
Employer
9980 HWY 71 SOUTH
CHENEYVILLE, LA 71325
United States
Job description
SUGARCANE HARVESTING AND PLANTING. THE CANE IS PLANTED IN AUGUST THROUGH SEPTEMBER FOR HARVEST THE NEXT YEAR. HARVEST STARTS IN LATE SEPTEMBER AND RUNS THROUGH MID JANUARY.
SUGARCANE PLANTING INVOLVES WALKING BEHIND A TRACTOR AND THROWING CANE ON THE ROWS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME IN TEMPERATURES THAT SOMETIME EXCEED 100 DEGREES. SOME TRACTOR DRIVING.
SUGARCANE HARVESTING INVOLVES DRIVING TRUCK TO AND FROM THE FARM TO THE SUGAR MILL. THESE TRUCKS ARE OWNED BY LONE PINE FARMS AND HAUL ONLY LONE PINE FARMS' SUGARCANE.
SOME WORKERS WHO DRIVE TRUCKS TO THE SUGAR MILL MAY DRIVE TRUCKS TO HAUL SOYBEANS FROM THE FIELD TO THE GRAIN BINS ON THEIR DAY OFF FROM THE SUGAR MILL. OTHER THAN HAULING SOYBEANS THESE WORKER WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING BUT HARVESTING AND PLANTING SUGARCANE
Special Requirements
MUST HAVE A VALID LOUISIANA DRIVERS LICENSE OR A MEXICO LICENSE THAT IS VALID IN THE US AND CANADA