Farm Workers And Laborers

Job description

General Farm Labor: workers will perform general farm labor around the farm like digging trenches, ditches there for workers will be required to lift 90 pounds since moving that dirt in a wheel barrow will weight 90 pound and pulling and chopping weeds. workers will be required to walk for long periods of time. will be exposed to extreme hot and rainy weather conditions. workers will uniformly get the row assigned to pull and chop weeds and will compete it without moving or interfering with other workers.

Hand harvest sweet potato: Sweet potato harvest workers will walk along row that has been previously plowed. Workers will stoop, bend and kneel to pick up sweet potatoes using hands and fingers to dig out unexposed potatoes. Workers may grade in the field separating #1 's and #2's into separated 5/8 field hampers. Canners, when harvested, will be placed into a separate bin. Damaged or diseased potatoes will not be harvested. Worker will be required to stay on assigned row. Full hampers weighing up 35 lbs. will be carried to truck row to be loaded onto truck or trailer. Workers may be required to ride mechanical harvester. Workers may be required to perform other duties as required by the employer. Hand harvesting sweet potatoes will be paid on a piece rate. Mechanical harvest work, if any, will be paid hourly.

Special Requirements

Workers may be required to submit to a drug screen post hire at the employer's expense and will not be part of the interview process.