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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Crops: Cucumber, Bell Peppers, Jalapenos Workers will perform all tasks traditionally included in the operation of diversified vegetable farms. We grow a large variety of vegetable crops. Workers will work in the fields and in the pack area. Field work includes: manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables and other field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Some duties include tilling soil and transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops. Weeding and thinning done by hands, hoes, and tractor implements. Assist with irrigation including the laying out irrigation lines. Assist with trellising and pruning. Assist with field preparation and clean up. Operate tractors and implements. Implements include, but are not limited to seeders, transplanters, plastic mulch layer and lifter, drip tape layer, cultivating equipment, rototiller, mower. Washing and packing duties sorting/grading, washing, bunching, and packing of produce. Workers will also assist in the cleaning and sanitation of the packing area. Additional duties include operating farm vehicles, i.e. small pick-up trucks and tractors, on and off the farm, cleaning and maintaining farm equipment and vehicles, and loading and unloading trucks. Through use of basic power tools like drills and saws, along with hand tools like hammers and screwdrivers, workers will assist with maintenance of existing structures and the repairing of fencing. Workers will also assist with moving, loading, and unloading various materials, tools, and commodities around the farm as needed including hay bales, harvested/packed vegetables, soil/mulch, shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives, and any debris/detritus created incidental to Employer's farming operations.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Workers must be able to lift and carry up to 70lbs for up to 50 yards. Workers with a clean MVR and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to drive company vehicles. Eligible workers may be asked to drive other workers. No workers will be terminated for failure to obtain a drivers license.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Phillips Hanging Rock Farm, LLC

Location:

Canton, NC 28716

Worksite

Address:

46 Thistle Ridge, Canton, NC 28716

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24155-065868

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/14/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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