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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

50

Job Duties:

Off Season Gin Work This position includes duties associated with the repair of gin machinery and equipment for upcoming year. Such duties are routine maintenance on machinery and equipment inside and outside the cotton gin; replacing worn bearings, brushes, saws, or any parts that are worn from the previous gin season; upgrading and adding new gin machinery. Duties may also include painting; nailing; cleaning; lifting; roof repair to gin, warehouses or worker's housing; help in shipping baled cotton/prepping loads for shipment; help in loading out stored cotton in preparation of ginning of cotton; helping to load cottonseed from warehouses onto truck from overhead bins or with blower; help in loading mote bales onto trucks; help in loading gin trash bales onto trucks; help in loading plastic bales onto trucks. This work may require standing, walking, stooping, bending and lifting up to 75 pounds. Warehouse Duties Workers operate fork lifts with bale clamps to move bales from the press into storage in warehouse. Bales placed into storage in the warehouse are located by using scanners. Workers also load bales from press into vehicles for transport. Sanitation All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other gin sanitation duties. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc may affect workers’ ability to perform the job. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers will report to work at the designated time and place as directed each day. The standard work is 8 hours per day. In peak periods of seasonal crop demands, employees may be requested but not required to work up to 12 or more hours per day and/or on the Sabbath or Federal holidays depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, orders, and maturity of the crop. Employees may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. All operational specifications can change during the season due to crop or market condition. Workers will be expected to conform to the specific instructions given for each day’s work. A farm manager, supervisor, or a designated employee will provide instructions and general supervision. The grower or supervisor will make daily individual work assignments, team or crew assignments, and determine location of work as the needs of the operation dictates. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days. Person seeking employment in gin maintenance must be available for the entire period requested by the employer and possess 3 months experience ginning cotton. Successful applicants will be subject to a trial period of up to 2 days during which their performance of required tasks will be evaluated.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

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. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Humphrey Coker Seed Co.

Location:

Hartsville, SC 29551

Worksite

Address:

311 Sumter Ave, Hartsville, SC 29550

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24143-025603

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

5/28/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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