- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 10
- Job Duties:
- Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees. General Field & fence maintenance. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools (machete, hoes). 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. Work in extreme weather conditions. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Sweet Potatoes –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 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, disk, du-all, chisel plow, plant cutter, trans planter, bush hog, potato digger, and any other equipment related to planting and cultivating of crops. Workers with driver license may be asked to drive workers from/to housing, worksite, and grocery store.
OFLC Administrator publishes new AEWR rates yearly and we reserve the right to adjust our job order to the new published rate regardless of rate increases or decreases. 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 and ability to follow supervisor’s instructions.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse