Farm Worker Crop
Employer
4945 Schley Rd
Adairville, KY 42202
United States
Job description
Physical labor is needed for all farm activities involved in burley and air cured tobacco production which includes greenhouse production, setting, cultivation, harvesting and stripping of burley and air cured tobacco. Three months experience is necessary in the production of burley and air cured tobacco. Work in the fields can begin early in the morning when the leaves are wet with dew and the work will continue all day long even in weather conditions that can be as hot as over 100 degrees. workers are required to be physically fit and able to perform the duties while standing, bending, stooping, walking and lifting sticks of tobacco that weigh over 80 lbs. all day long and while standing on rails that can be as high as forty feet from the ground on tiers four feet wide and six feet high. The worker is required to cut and spike no less than an average of 50 sticks per hour each hour during the cutting process. All the time care must be exercised to prevent bruising and breaking of the tobacco plants and leaves. Care must be exercised in using the tobacco knife, spear and while climbing and standing on the rails. The employer, Jeff Campbell is involved in the cutting, housing and stripping of tobacco and other work on his property in Logan County, Kentucky. The employer, Jeff Campbell will make daily individual work assignments, crew assignments and location of work as the needs of the operation dictate. Land is owned or leased but controlled by Jeff Campbell. Other work will be available during the slow part of the season which may include mowing the grass, weed eat around building and other repairs and maintenance of any property that is owned or leased by Jeff Campbell. The employer, Jeff Campbell will make daily individual work assignments, crew assignments and location of work as the needs of the operation dictate. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different task on different days only on land either owned, leased but controlled by Jeff Campbell . Steady and reliable attendance is a required must to each aspect of this job.
Special Requirements
None