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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

3

Job Duties:

All candidates should be conscientious about their work, possess a high-level work ethic, with ability and willingness to learn new job skills, as well as possess a high level of skills already. Preference may be given to job candidates who have expertise in precision agricultural technologies and/or mechanics. Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, and harvest crops. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, and ATVs/side by sides. Irrigation activities include participating including laying pipe, walking length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, draining excess water from fields, and monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; building, constructing and maintaining levees, installing and removing levy gates and putting in spillways. Employees will perform manual duties including but not limited to loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields; welding; using cutting torches or other similar equipment; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, barns and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; mowing and landscaping around the farm; and lifting as needed. Duties also include receiving crop for drying and storage at grain storage facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to grain bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; operating augers and grain conveying equipment; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; shoveling grain; and other activities that may be required in the harvesting, storage and shipping of grain or other crops. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Job requires having or being able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Criminal background checks and drug screening may be possible post-hire at the employer's expense to ensure safety on and around the worksite as well as the safety of the public when operating machinery on public roads. Job duties will require working outdoors during the summer during which temperatures could exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Job duties will also require the workers to push, pull, sit, walk, stoop, bend over, or perform repetitive movements. Basic English literacy and math skills are required.

Number of Hours Per Week:

52

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Greenland Planting Company

Location:

Leland, MS 38756

Worksite

Address:

2110 Tribbett Rd, Leland, MS 38756

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23338-541526

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/21/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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