Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
Workshop Location: 50 CR 465
Vardaman, MS 38878
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks and roots by hand, clear bush and trees with chainsaw, and general field maintenance. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. Use wood to repair sweet potato boxes. Repair, maintain and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Sweet Potatoes - Workers may cover and uncover sweet potato beds with remay material using a shovel to secure edges with dirt. Cut slips by hand with knife, and place in boxes to load & unload onto trailers. Walk behind potato trans planter and fill in slips by hand. Riding mechanical trans planter and loading slips in planting cups, may also devine plants by hand.
Special Requirements
Workers must be 18 years or older. Three (3) months experience needed for hand cutting slips and use of mechanical trans planter. Employer may conduct Background Checks to all new applicants at the (Owner's Expense). The majority of the workday is spent on ones feet and outdoors. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach and lift 10-80 lbs. Work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Workers must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required job duties.