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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

110

Job Duties:

EMPLOYEES WILL HARVEST, PICK, PLANT, PACK ON FIELD SITE, PRUNE, FERTILIZE, COUNT, LOAD AND UNLOAD BLUEBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. THEY WILL ALSO BE PULLING WEEDS, RAKING, CLEANING AREAS AROUND THE FARMS AND BUILDINGS. OTHER DUTIES MAY INCLUDE FIELD MAINTENANCE, CAMP SANITATION, LAYING IRRIGATION PIPE, DIGGING DITCHES, PULLING PLASTIC, CANE REMOVAL, TRELLIS REPAIR AND TIE UP, LOADING AND UNLOADING. THIS WILL ALL BE DONE UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. HEAVY LIFTING, BENDING AND STOOPING WILL BE INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

52LB LIFTING TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER HEAVY BENDING AND STOOPING REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS 2 DAY TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER. The training period for all crop activities is 2 days starting with the first day of employment to acclimate the worker to the physical demands of farm work and to familiarize workers with the job specifications and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Deep South Farming Services, LLC

Location:

Tifton, GA 31793

Worksite

Address:

404 Billy Jacobs Rd., Hoboken, GA 31542

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24026-670283

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$0.50 per pound of blueberry picked by hand. Estimated hourly wage rate equivalent for this piece rate is $16.00/hr, based on workers picking 32lbs of blueberry by hand per hour on average. Guaranteed $14.68/hr.

Date Posted:

2/15/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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