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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

2

Job Duties:

CDL Bus Driver: Drive a motor vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 26,001 pounds or more over the road to transport farm workers on a planned or scheduled basis as directed by the employer or supervisor. Driver may pick up workers from different housing sites or pick up points and take them to assigned work site, transit between work sites, and return workers back to the housing site or pick up point at the end of the work day. Make trips to grocery stores, laundromat, airport, and governmental agencies, medical and dental offices. Must abide by precise instructions and strict but necessary safety rules and policies. Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety and emergency equipment is in good working order. Maintain logs of working hours following all applicable state and federal regulations. Employer assures that driver will be paid the offered wage rate for actual driving time, including but not limited to trips to fuel vehicle and time spent maintaining the vehicle. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Use of cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving strictly prohibited by law and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to entire anticipated period of employment. Requires valid commercial drivers’ license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent with passenger endorsement. Must be at least 23 years of age. Must obtain a DOT medical examiner’s certificate before commencing work. Requires 12 months CDL driving history. When not engaged in daily transportation duties, drivers will perform field work to plant broccoli, pull/set onions, hand-harvest and field pack broccoli and sweet corn. Hand-harvest Vidalia onions. Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Field workers will not operate tractors or forklifts. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. May operate and perform minor maintenance on farm vehicles or equipment. May peer supervise (monitor and direct, only) other workers. May drive farm truck, tractor, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on the farm. Pull/set onions: Workers will pull 100 onion plants; place them together and put rubber bands around the bundle. According to the maturity of the plants, the supervisor may vary the number of plants per bundle. Worker will then dip the onion plants into the solution that promotes a healthy plant. Worker will cut tops and place bundles into field bags. There are 3,000 plants per field bag. Workers must bundle the correct number of plants and put the correct number of bundles into the bags. Workers will pick up plant bundles and take off rubber bands. Workers will put one plant into each hole made by the pegger. Workers must be careful to place the plant all the way into the hole made by the plugger and must pack soil firmly around plant. Plant beds are 100 feet long and four rows wide. Onion pulling and setting are piece rate activities. The minimum production standard for onion setting is 255 feet per hour. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and knives. Clip top stem and bottom roots off of Vidalia onions with shears as instructed

Job Classification:

53-3052.00 - Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

12

Special Requirements:

Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Use of cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving strictly prohibited by law and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to entire anticipated period of employment. Requires valid commercial drivers license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent with passenger endorsement. Must be at least 23 years of age. Must obtain a DOT medical examiners certificate before commencing work. Requires 12 months CDL driving history.

Number of Hours Per Week:

42

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

5W Farms LLC

Location:

Uvalda, GA 30473

Worksite

Address:

4253 Cedar Crossing Rd, Uvalda, GA 30473

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23216-239776

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

8/24/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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