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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

104

Job Duties:

Perform manual labor to pull, set, plant, and harvest Vidalia onions, cucumbers, and sweet potatoes, and to plant, harvest, and pack watermelons. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and knives. Take onion sprouts out of band and place into pre-dug holes. Harvest onions by pulling from the ground, snipping off the tops and depositing into bucket to be loaded into a bin. Count and check onions. Harvest watermelons and cucumbers and place in proper containers. Workers will feed sweet potato vines to the implement that turns and seed the plants into the ground. Clean, pack, and load harvested watermelon. Take care not to bruise or scar harvested crops. Bend and stoop to pick crops according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Carry full container of harvested products and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. Grade and sort watermelon according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Measure, weigh, and count products and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Clean and clear fields. Clean work areas using hand tools. Weed, thin, and prune crops. Pull weeds; remove weeds by hand or by hoe. Workers are also responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm and shed sanitation duties. Assist in Good Agricultural Practice policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Employer attests that it has sent (or will promptly send) original surety bond to CNPC. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. TERMINATION. All workers will be subject to a 2 day introductory period, during which the employer will evaluate workers' performance of required tasks. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker at the conclusion of the 2 day introductory period if the worker's performance fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations, or is otherwise unacceptable. Employer may terminate a worker for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to situations in which the worker: (1) Is repeatedly absent or tardy; (2) malingers or otherwise refuses, without cause, to perform the work as directed; (3) commits act(s) of misconduct or repeatedly violates the Work Rules; and/or (4) fails, after completing the 2 day introductory period, to perform work in a competent and skillful manner, consistent with the employer's reasonable expectations. Non-U.S. workers may be displaced as a result of one or more U.S. workers becoming available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences.

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 farm work experience required. Perform prolonged bending, stooping, reaching, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling and lifting, carrying and loading up to 60 lbs. Work in extremely hot, cold and/or wet weather.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Gregorio Tlacuatl

Location:

Reidsville, GA 30453

Worksite

Address:

569 Dewitt Tatum Rd., Reidsville, GA 30453

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23013-701011

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Incentive - Vidalia Onions, Clip top and bottom, fill bucket, dump into bin, 900 lb. bin. Actual piece rate earnings depend on individual factors. Guaranteed $13.67/hr

Date Posted:

2/14/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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