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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Helper-Farm Mechanic/Cotton Gin Worker: Help installation, maintenance, and repair worker or gin operator in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of farm vehicles, farm equipment and ginning equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers. Tend and observe ginning equipment to verify safe, proper, and efficient operation. Position machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment. Adjust, maintain, and repair tools, equipment, and machines, and assist more skilled workers with similar tasks. Operate ginning equipment, including but not limited to bale hoisters, skid steer loaders, forklifts and cotton module feeders. Assist gin operator with repairing equipment, clearing blockages, cleaning lint filters, refilling supplies, sweeping floors, removing trash buildup, and picking up cotton on yard. Operate baling press. Load cotton module to feeders, feed wires on press, un-tarp modules, move bales from press to bale slab. Tie, tag and bag cotton and mote bales. Secure cotton with ties. Remove cotton samples for quality inspection. Use hoister to load cotton and mote bales onto vehicles for transport. Work is done for long periods of time. May operate light truck or van over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from employer-provided housing and the gin. May operate light truck or van off the farm and over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from place to place, such as to the grocery store, bank, government agencies, medical or dental offices and so forth. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

Job Classification:

49-9098.00 - Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

The use or possession or being under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol during working time is prohibited. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in the gin, in company vehicles, or anywhere on company premises. Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found smoking or in possession of smoking materials including cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, electronic cigarettes or any other smoking paraphernalia. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited

Number of Hours Per Week:

56

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Woodville Gin, LLC

Location:

Lewiston , NC 27849

Worksite

Address:

309 S Main Street, Lewiston, NC 27849

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24087-834498

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

4/9/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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