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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

22

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. General field and fence maintenance. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks, and roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. Workers may dig ditches with shovels, cut plants with knives, pull weeds by hand or using hand tools. Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. Planting Sweet Potatoes: Covering potatoes with plastic. Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load and unload onto trucks. Dip potato slips. Walk behind potato trans planter and fill in slips by hand. Riding mechanical trans planter and loading slips in planting cups. Divining plants by hand. May clean potato shed/storage (located on farm). Workers may be asked to operate the following agricultural equipment: forklift, 2 row digger, 8 row trans planter, and tractor pulling implements for planting sweet potatoes. Workers may use the following tools: nail gun, staple gun, knives, shovels, and other tools associated with planting sweet potatoes and general farm labor. Safety training for use of farm equipment and tractors will be provided. May be asked to transport workers to the fields and/or grocery store/laundry in the company vans. Raises and bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker, at the employer’s discretion, based on individual factors including but not limited to, performance, experience, number of hours worked in the season, number of seasons worked with the company, adherence to work rules & ability to follow supervisor instructions.

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 or older. The company may conduct criminal background checks to all new applicants at the owners expense. Three months experience needed in hand cutting slips and use of mechanical trans planter. Must have valid drivers license to drive farm vehicles. Must be able to lift 5-60 lbs. The majority of the workday is spent on ones feet and outdoors. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift. Work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Work in extreme weather conditions. Must work with minimum supervision. Workers must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain, and cold while performing their required job duties.

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Lishman Farms (Petition 2)

Location:

Vardaman, MS 38878

Telephone Number:

+16622669989

Worksite

Address:

CR 102, Vardaman, MS 38878

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22069-968514

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

3/17/2022

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