Farm Workers And Laborers, Crop
Employer
15766 Floating Bridge Rd
Three Rivers, MI 49093
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker.
Volunteer Roguing and Roguing: the worker will walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields, removing the corn plants that are of a different variety, from a previous season, or one that competes with the current crop, leaving the field ready for detasseling. These activities require the use of shovels and hoes.
High Clearance Roguing: in addition to roguing, the worker rides on a high clearance machine above the corn in order to spot off-types of plants. As off-types are spotted, workers will get off the machine and remove the off-types.
Detasseling: the worker will walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields removing the tassels that are left after the detasseling machine passes through. Workers will remove the tassels and drop them to the ground. Workers might be required to go through the fields multiple times.
Installing deer fence in small fields: the worker will hammer rebar into the ground and install clips onto the rebar, which will hold up a strand of wire. This activity requires the use of a post driver and hand tools to attach the fence. At the end of the work season, this fencing will need to be uninstalled as well.
General Housekeeping and Maintenance: in order to prepare the warehouse for harvest, the worker will paint, rake, sweep, and perform general housekeeping tasks. The worker may also wash buses and other work vehicles at the end of the season.
Sanitation- the worker will assist in helping the supervisor stock and maintain the port-o-pots from field to field. This includes but is not limited to, refilling the supplies at the handwashing station, keeping the cups stocked for the water coolers, and refilling the water coolers.
In order to perform these types of activities, the worker must be able to work outside for at least eight (8) hours a day in all types of weather and have the requisite strength and endurance, working quickly and skillfully with their hands. A three (3) month experience in this type of work is required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Workers should expect occasional periods of little to no work because of weather, crop, or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur at any time throughout the season.
Special Requirements
This type of work involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina and a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. Due to the type of physical conditioning needed, there is a probationary period of five (5) days beginning with the first day of employment to show possession of the required physical endurance to perform this type of work.
Espaol: Este tipo de trabajo implica condiciones que requieren mucha resistencia y un alto nivel de actividad fsica en condiciones fras o extremadamente calurosas bajo la luz solar directa y en condiciones climticas adversas como la lluvia. Debido al tipo de acondicionamiento fsico necesario, hay un perodo de prueba de cinco (5) das a partir del primer da de empleo, para demostrar la posesin de la resistencia fsica requerida para realizar este tipo de trabajo.