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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

50

Job Duties:

Assist in the harvest of blueberries using agricultural equipment. Ride on the top and back of tractors while harvesting blueberries. Pick up lugs of harvested blueberries from scales and stack full lugs onto field trucks. Completed lug stacks will then be wrapped for transport out of the field. Operate agricultural equipment including tractors, forklifts and farm trucks to load and unload blueberry lugs. Stack empty lugs and pallets on the back of the agricultural equipment for field harvesters. Work often involves standing, moving and sitting on the back and top of harvesting equipment up to 15 ft. from the ground. Perform manual labor to cultivate blueberries including weeding, hoeing and pruning using hand tools. When pruning blueberry bushes, care must be taken to only remove older canes which do not have optimal fruiting wood on them for next season as instructed by supervisor. Clean, sanitize, and maintain work areas and equipment. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctor's certificate may drive vehicles to transport workers and may be offered additional hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, plant pollens, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals and fear of heights may affect a workers ability to perform the job. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a workers Sabbath or federal holidays. 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. Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather-reason. These periods can occur anytime throughout the season. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days. 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 prohibits the solicitation and payment of recruitment fees by workers. Workers who pay or are solicited to pay such a fee must inform the employer immediately. Employer will investigate all claims of illegal fees and take immediate remedial action as appropriate. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. All terms and conditions included in the job order will apply equally to all seasonal workers (U.S. and foreign H-2A), employed in the occupation described in this job order. Employer will advise all foreign H-2A workers of their responsibility to depart the United States upon separation of employment or completion of the H-2A contract period, unless the workers obtain an extension of status. Failure to contact the respective SWA office within the timeframe shall disqualify any applicant from the assurances set forth therein. Work performed under the contract is exempt from federal overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Regardless of whether the employer requires a background check as a condition of employment, the employer may terminate for cause, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, any worker found during the period of employment to have a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that the employer reasonably believes will endanger the safety or welfare of other workers, company staff, customers, or the public at large.

Number of Hours Per Week:

54

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Blue River Legacy Farms, LLC

Location:

Elizabethtown , NC 28337

Worksite

Address:

6693 US HWY 701 N., Elizabethtown, NC 28337

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23039-759861

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/23/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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