Farm Workers

Job description

Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate and harvest greens, okra, peas, squash, cucumbers, potatoes, watermelon, and cantaloupe and to harvest blackberries. Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, dry and pack hemp. Operate tractors and tractor-drawn machinery to harvest crops. Harvest hand-cut plants at ground level with knives or shears. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Weed, thin and prune crop. Pull weeds or hoe weeds in the field. Workers may cultivate and harvest by hand. Check fields for male hemp plants. Pull male hemp plants with pollen sacs. Crop may be harvested and workers will drag hemp plants down the row to trailers. Workers will then place hemp plants onto trailer and they will be transported to the drying house. Hang hemp plants indoors for drying. Strip plants. Attach farm implements, such as a plow, disc and drill to tractor. Assemble boxes, cartons, crates and containers used for packing products. Clean, pack, stack, label and load harvested product. Grade and sort products according to factors such as size, weight, color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and foreign matter and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Place products in containers according to grade. Stack boxes onto pallets, transport vehicles or trailers. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and mechanical equipment. Manually dig drainage ditches using a shovel. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Participate in irrigation activities. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Install drip irrigations. Perform general farm maintenance including painting, repair fences and farm buildings. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm and shed sanitation duties. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices Policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.

Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.

TERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a 2 day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the 2 day introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the 2 day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period.

Special Requirements

Three months of farm work experience is required. Work in extremely hot, cold and/or wet weather. Perform prolonged walking, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting, carrying and loading up to 50 lbs.