Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
Mobley Farms - 1465 Smithwick Bridge Rd.
Moultrie, GA 31768
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will fulfill the following duties to harvest and maintain fruit:
Pull Plastic: With both hands, grab all plastic and drip tape; remove it from the plant beds or field. Gathering plastic and drip tape to the ends of the field and/or walkways. Repeat process throughout entire field.
Irrigation installation & removal: Connecting and installing irrigation (poly) lines at various points in fields for irrigation practices of crops. Removal of irrigation (poly) lines and connections at end of crop season. This task will include shovel work as needed. And maintenance of irrigation system.
Staking – Round / Roma: Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a tomato stake between each tomato plant. Each stake must remain upright. Repeat process through entire rows and field. Once the first procedure is performed by an air hammer system being pulled by a tractor, the worker places an air hammer over the stake to drive in the stake 12" - 14" into the ground. If using manual hammers, worker must place opening over stake and pound stake into the ground also 12" - 14”. This task will include clean up and removal of broken stakes as needed.
Staking-pepper: Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a stake on both side of the plant. Each stake must remain upright. Repeat process through entire rows and field. If using manual hammers, worker must place opening over stake and pound stake into the ground also 12" - 14”. This task will include clean up and removal of broken stakes as needed.
Special Requirements
Drug/Alcohol Testing: E-Berry Harvest may conduct criminal background and/or drug screening at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug screening is grounds for termination.