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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

8

Job Duties:

Prepare fields, plant, cultivate, and harvest cotton, soybeans, and rice. Operate farm vehicles and agricultural equipment to plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. Till soil, thin, prune, and weed crops. Load cotton bales, pick up and load loose cotton, and hand chop and rogue cotton. Walk rice and soybean fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops from wells. Drain excess water from field, open drainage overfill pipes, and walk each field to check for standing water. Rogue rice fields during flood. Perform end of season draining of fields with shovels. Receive rice crop for drying and storage at grain drying facility. Dispose of spoiled grain from pit and elevator area. Workers will unload grain bins and load into trucks. Dispose of spoiled grain and chop grass out of fields. Repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities including setting up and operating irrigation equipment and clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches. Shovel and maintain levees. Install and remove levy gates and put in spillways. Repair and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Ensure hoppers are filled properly. Clean ditches and field of debris. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, and knives. Clean and maintain work areas. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. 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 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. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage;

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 farmwork experience is required. Work outside in inclement weather including hot (110), cold (20), humid, and/or wet conditions. Lift, carry and load seed sacks weighing up to 50 lbs. Climb grain bins up to 30 ft. tall. Walk, reach, stoop and sit for extended periods of time. Must be 18 or older.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

dba Chase Gasaway Farms

Company Name:

Gregory C Gasaway

Location:

Gould, AR 71643

Worksite

Address:

Grain Bins: 20960 Hwy 114 E, Gould, AR 71643

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23341-550507

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/15/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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