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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

6

Job Duties:

Crops include fruit and nuts, peaches, pecans, vegetables, trees, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, green beans, okra, squash, corn, pumpkins, zucchini, flowers, melons, aquaculture, and berries. Work includes tilling soil and digging holes at appropriate depths; transplanting; weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. Workers must have a general understanding of how pruning affects competition with fruiting wood and how thinning is done to provide nutrition to the developing fruit. Improper pruning can cause problems with fruit load, fruit size, disease severity, and overall production. Proper spacing as instructed is required when thinning, as well as which peaches are to be left or removed. Only specified fruit is to be picked as instructed, and desirable fruit should not be left on the tree, dropped, or removed from the ground. Workers must use care when picking, grading, and packing not to damage or bruise fruit; also, care must be taken not to break limbs or strip all peaches and leaves off of trees. Workers must harvest fruit of desired ripeness and use care when harvesting not to damage or bruise produce. Manually cultivate, harvest, grade, sort, and pack peaches. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Record grade and/or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets. Mark and label containers, container tags, or products using marking tools. Measure, weigh, and count products and materials using marking tools. Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records. Remove completed or defective products, placing them on conveyors or in specified areas such as loading docks. Seal containers using glue, string, nails, and hand tools. Peel, slice, and load materials and products into package processing equipment. Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers using hand tools. Clean containers, materials, supplies, or work areas using cleaning solutions and hand tools. Stack boxes on pallets and run fillers. Grade, sort, or classify agricultural products by size, weight, color, or condition. Plant, cultivate, tend to, and pick blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries; harvest pecans; plant, cultivate, and prune pecan trees; perform ongoing orchard maintenance; and plant, harvest, and perform ongoing maintenance of green beans, okra, squash, corn, pumpkins, zucchini, and flowers. Assist with 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. Operate farm vehicles, implements, and equipment such as chainsaws, weed eaters, blowers, tractors, forklifts, mowers, bulldozers, backhoes, and other hand-held equipment to plow, harrow, fertilize soil, plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops. Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500.105, may be asked to drive vehicles for transporting workers, goods, or commodities on company business. This task is voluntary, compensable, and not a mandatory job duty. Workers without a valid driver’s license or doctor’s certificate will still be fully eligible for employment. The employer can and will make alternative arrangements for the transportation of workers should the need arise. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

Two months of verifiable horticultural pruning and thinning and fruit orchard experience is required. Work is outside in inclement weather, especially extreme heat or cold, for extensive periods of time; prolonged bending, standing, walking, use of repetitive hand movements while grading or spreading fertilizer; use of a stool or 2 ft. ladder to reach tree limbs; reach over head for extended periods of time while pruning trees; lift, carry, and load up to 50 lbs., hoist up to 30 lbs. over head and support 35 lbs. over the shoulder while walking for prolonged periods of time. Employer is a drug free workplace. Random and post accident drug testing is conducted posthire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process. Any employee who declines to take or fails a drug test will be immediately terminated.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Dickey Farms, Inc.

Location:

Musella, GA 31066

Worksite

Address:

Old Packinghouse , 32048'34" N 84002'43"W, Musella, GA 31066

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25317-406313

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Incentive: Hand harvest peaches, 5/8 bushel- Estimated hourly wage equivalent is $13.50 per hour. Actual piece rate earnings depend on individual factors. Guaranteed $13.50 per hour.

Date Posted:

12/2/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.45

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