- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- Peanuts field workers: Check moisture content of peanuts; operate peanut dryers to pull down moisture content when necessary; move peanuts to grade; put peanuts onto dump; make repairs and maintain peanut harvesting equipment and machinery.
Corn and Cotton field workers: Workers will harvest cotton and corn utilizing combines and farm trucks; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment and worksite. Routinely inspect equipment to ensure mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order at all times. Inspect equipment and vehicles.
Repair and maintain farm equipment, farm structures. Clean equipment or facilities. Plant crops. Direct activities of agricultural employees. Sort, organize, label agricultural materials. Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products. Confer with managers to make operational decisions. Operate irrigation systems. Load agricultural crops products for shipment. perform numerous tasks related to growing and harvesting crops. They may plant, seed, prune, irrigate, and harvest crops, and pack and load them for shipment.
Work is to be done for long periods of time in the field, when plants may be wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers ability to perform the job. Workers must be able to perform the required work with or without reasonable accommodations.
The work described in this Clearance Order is regular, seasonal full-time work requiring all workers to be available for work on a daily basis, throughout the stated contract period. Employees may experience a temporary reduction in work and/or a temporary work stoppage due to the natural agricultural cycle. Employer also retains the right to terminate workers for lawful job-related reasons, including but not limited to workers who: are regularly absent or tardy; malingers or otherwise refuses to work in accordance with direction or is otherwise obviously unqualified to perform the job; is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary. Non-U.S. workers may be terminated if one or more U.S. workers becomes available for the job during the employer's recruitment period. Job abandonment will be deemed to occur after five consecutive workdays of unexcused absences. All terms and conditions of employment will be applied equally to domestic and foreign workers employed in the occupation described within this contract. Foreign workers will be advised of their responsibility to depart the U.S. when employment comes.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse