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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

29

Job Duties:

Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees. General Field & fence maintenance. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools (machete, hoes). Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger with the use of nail guns or hammer. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. Work in extreme weather conditions. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Sweet Potatoes –Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. Ride the mechanical digger to harvest and grade potatoes. May operate tractor to dig potatoes in sweet potatoes fields. May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade & pack potatoes by size quality or type. May operate skid loader. Load and Unload boxes on trucks, trailers, or sweet potato harvesters. The workers may be asked to operate farm equipment such as forklift, skid loader and the tractor to dig potatoes, in sweet potatoes’ fields. Workers with valid drivers license may be asked to transport workers to/from housing to worksites and to/from the grocery store each week.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

ability of an employee to safely operate machinery will be left to the discretion of management. To ensure the safety of all employees, those interested in operating machinery must be able to communicate with and adequately follow instructions given by management. Management reserves the right to restrict employees from operational duties who do not show proficiency to effectively communicate with management and may therefore place other employees safety in risk. ** All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Applicants must be 18 years or older. Three (3) months experience needed for mechanical diggers and sorting and grading sweet potatoes. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. The company may conduct background checks on all new applicants for employment at the employers expense. Workers may be offered more than the standard hours of work in a single workday.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Matthew Knight Farms Petition 2

Location:

Bellafontaine, MS 39737

Worksite

Address:

1475 Tomahawk Road, Bellafontaine, MS 39737

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24169-118562

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/18/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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