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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clear ground of rocks, sticks, & roots by hand. Clear brush & trees with chain saw or related hand tools. May use following equipment: Tractor, planter, hipper, row conditioners, disks, field cultivators, ditchers, dirt pans, mowers, spreaders, sprayers, excavators. Workers may also clean and organize the shop, irrigate crops, and fix fences, cut, rake, and mow. Workers may also be mixing spray chemicals and loading them into the sprayer and spraying the High Cycle Sprayer. Detasseling seed corn, remove rogue plants, weeds and volunteer corn plants from seed corn production fields. Detassel Corn – Must be able to walk miles per day while pulling all tassels from plants within the designated female rows, including tassels on tiller/sucker plants. Tassels will be pulled as they emerge and before shedding pollen. Rogueing – Workers will remove all rogues or off-type plants from within and between seed cornrows. Clean-up Detasseling -Workers will be required to cleanup all tassels or part tassels that remain from plants after detasseling machines have covered the designated female rows. Workers may also be required to husk, sort during harvest. Workers will perform seed corn receiving, silage, sorting, and dryer load out duties as it pertains to harvest seed corn crop and kernels. Drain water from fields with hand tools & shovels when needed. Repair, maintain, & clean all hand tools & mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Workers may also plant, cultivate, and harvest soybeans and corn. Cattle - Workers will perform any of the following tasks to attend to livestock, such as on-farm. Maintain heated watering system; operate feed wagons. Mix feed and additives, fills feed troughs with feed and water for livestock; Examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; Vaccinate animals by placing vaccine in drinking water or feed using syringes and hypodermic needles; Apply medications to cuts and bruises; spray livestock with insecticide. Confine livestock installs washes, clips them to prepare them for calving, and assists veterinarian in the delivery of offspring. Binds or clamps testes or surgically removes testes to castrate livestock. Clip identifying notches or symbols on the animal, or brand animal, using branding iron to indicate ownership; clean livestock stalls and sheds using disinfectant solutions, brushes, and shovels. Maintain farm buildings and equipment for the livestock. General field & fence maintenance: Bail hay, Haul hay & feed cattle. Herd and assist management with veterinary or general maintenance tasks performed on cattle (to include jobs such as assisting with births, administration of shots, and application of ear tags). Assist with loading and unloading of cattle to be shipped or received at the farm. Workers must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers may be asked to drive farm vehicles. May Transport workers to fields and or 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 discretions, 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 instructions.

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

The employer may conduct a criminal background check on all new applicants for employment. If driving, workers must have a valid drivers license. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. Must assist with all Good Agricultural Practices polices. Most 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 10-100 lbs. Work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun wind rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold and other natural elements. 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. Hours and days of work may vary due to weather conditions. Cell phone can only be used during breaks,

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Liles Farm

Location:

Delhi, LA 71232

Telephone Number:

+13187720002

Worksite

Address:

269 Burrow Lane, Delhi, LA 71232

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22325-600044

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Employer may offer payment through check or direct deposit cas card. When multiple options are given the employee can choose how to receive wages.

Date Posted:

1/5/2023

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