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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

62

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks, & roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. General field & fence maintenance. Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. Load & unload boxes on trucks, trailers, or sweet potato harvesters. Minor repairs, maintain, and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Repair existing barns or potato shed. The workers will use tools like hoes, hammers, and air guns. Workers may be asked to operate tractor pulling mechanical digger. Workers may be asked to operate vehicles, farm equipment, drive all tractors (in the field), and implements on farm including: hipper, disk, dual, chisel plow, bush hog, skid steer, forklift, potato digger, water trailer to water plants, and any other equipment related to cultivating and harvesting crops. Safety training for use of farm equipment and tractors will be provided. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade, and pack potatoes by size, quality, or type. Vegetables: may also cultivate and harvest the following: peas, watermelons, beans, squash, okra, peppers, tomatoes, and corn. May transport workers to/from housing to worksite(s) and to/from the grocery store.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Three months experience needed for mechanical diggers, sorting and grading sweet potatoes. Verifiable experience references required. The company may conduct criminal background checks on all new applicants for employment at the employer's expense. There is a lifting requirement of 5-60 lbs. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Hours of work may increase/decrease depending on crop yield and/or weather and can occur at any time throughout the season. The majority of the workday is spent on one's feet and outdoors. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach and lift. Work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold, and other natural elements

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Parker and Smith Farms, Inc. Petition 3

Location:

Calhoun City, MS 38916

Worksite

Address:

1623 Hwy 9, Calhoun City, MS 38916

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24169-118530

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/20/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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