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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

19

Job Duties:

PlantingSweet Potatoes- Covering potatoes with use of bedding machine & covering with plastic.Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto trucks.Walk behind potatotransplanterand fill in slips by hand.Riding mechanicaltransplanterandloading slips in planting cups.Divining plants by hand.May also plant, cultivate & harvest the following: Peas, Watermelons. -Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. -May operate tractor to dig potatoes in sweet potatoes fields. -May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with the use of buckets. -Must be able to sort, grade & pack potatoes by size, quality or type. -May operate skid loader. -Load and unload boxes on trucks, trailers or sweet potato harvesters. -The workers may be asked to operate farm equipment such as forklift, skid loader and the tractor to dig potatoes in sweet potatoes' fields, with or without the following implements: including a hipper, chisel plow, plant cutter, trans planter, bush hog, potato digger, pallet jacks and any other equipment related to harvesting of crops. -Workers will Harvest Watermelon and Peas. -May transport workers to fields and/or grocery store. -General Farm Maintenance and other duties are required in farming operation maintenance, which includes but not limited to: -Clearing ground of rocks, sticks and roots by hand, clear brush and trees. -Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools and other farm tools provided by the employer. -Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger with the use of nail guns or hammer. -Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

- Must be 18 years old. - Proper work attire required. - No cell phone usage on the job, unless during lunch or emergencies. - Employer may conduct a Criminal Background Check on all new applicants for employment. - Lifting requirement may have a range of 5 - 60 lbs. - Workers will work in 20 to 100 - temperatures. - Due to nature of business and equipment used, repetitive movement such as pushing/ pulling, sitting/walking and stooping and bending, - OT/Holiday is not mandatory. - Valid Driver's License is required. - Three months experience needed in hand cutting slips and use of mechanical transplanter and riding mechanical diggers, sorting and grading sweet potatoes. - Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Meridian Creek Farms, LLC

Location:

Vardaman, MS 38878

Worksite

Address:

2.3 Miles N of HWY 8 on CR 433, Vardaman, MS 38878

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-20051-338639

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

3/11/2020

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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