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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

5

Job Duties:

The farm work position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting of of corn, wheat, oats, cotton, pecans, and the maintaining cattle enclosures. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the crops grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm. Job Description: Corn, wheat, oats and other grains:: The workers will be expected to perform the various activities associated with the planting, cultivating, picking, cutting, bailing, and bagging of: corn, wheat, oats and other grains. Workers will operate a seed cleaner and bagging equipment to package whole shelled corn as well as bagging of ear corn. Duties will also include weeding by hand and hoe while keeping fields clear. Workers will drive tractors to till, plant, irrigate, cultivate, and harvest grain crops. Specifically, they will set up and operate irrigation equipment; plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops, apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to crops; clear and maintain irrigation ditches. They will be required to drive grain trucks and use various hand tools as required for task. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, or forklifts, or transfer augers. Cotton: workers will operate module builder to pack cotton modules and pick up cotton and clean around module builders. Mow stalks with tractor and rotary mower. Worker will be asked to clean & service cotton pickers, combines, tractors and bale loaders. Worker will be required to clean combines, tractors, pickers and spindles by hand. Worker will be required to use an air compressor, grease gun, check fluids and perform general service and maintenance. Worker may be required to stage cotton bales with a telehandler or tractor. Cattle Pasture: Workers will be required to mend, move, erect and/or maintain pasture fences. Workers will be required to perform maintenance and repairs on cattle facilities, feed and water holding devices. Operate saws, axes, posthole diggers and post drivers. Mow pasture with tractor and rotary mower. Prepare for planting with disc harrow. Move debris such as rocks and sticks.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Joseph H. Wilson Farm

Location:

Chester, SC 29706

Worksite

Address:

2422 Old York Road, Chester, SC 29706

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24036-693017

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/12/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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