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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Employees will be expected to perform work activities related to planting, weeding, cultivating, harvesting, and packing onions. Workers will be expected to harvest, clip, bag, and/or load produce. Pull Onion Plants: Workers will pull 100 plants; place them together and put rubber bands around the bundle. According to the maturity of the plants, the supervisor may vary the number of plants per bundle. Workers will cut tops and place bundles into field bags. There are 3,000 plants per field bag. Workers must bundle the correct number of plants and put the correct number of bundles into bags. Plant Onions: Workers will pick up plant bundles and take off rubber bands. Workers will put one plant into each hole made by the pegger. In most cases a plant bed will be 100 feet long and four rows wide, with plants being 4 inches apart. There will be cases where a plant bed will be 100 feet long and four rows wide with plants being 4.5 inches apart. Before they start a field, workers will be advised what plant distance they will be planting and the correspondent piece rate applicable. Workers must be careful to place the plant all the way into the hole made by the pegger. Walker: The walkers will walk fields and count bundled bags produced by each worker. They will also examine the quality of onion planting and report to the supervisor. Loader: Workers will load field bags of onion plants onto the truck to be transported to the field where the onions are planted. Throwing: Workers will give the bundles of onions gathered in the seedbeds to the workers in the fields to be transplanted. Hand Pick Onions: Worker will pick up onions at ground level and clip each root and top of onion using supplied shears and place in bucket. Workers must exercise extreme care not to drop the onions at any time during handling. Workers should place the onions in the bucket carefully and with caution to avoid bruising or fingernail cuts. After the bucket is full, the worker will transfer the onions to a common bin box as directed by the field supervisor. Loose onions or onions spilling out of field bags must be picked up and placed back into buckets or field bins. Workers will not pick seed onions. Rate of pay is $14.98 per bin box. Cultivate: Workers will work with hoes and other tools alike to cultivate the crop. Workers must be careful not to damage plants at any time during cultivation. Packing Onions: Workers will sort and pack onions based on quality standards and sizes specified by the employer. Weeding: Workers will hand pull weeds competing with crops and will dispose of weeds according to instructions given by their supervisor. General Activities During Operations General: All Crops: During field operations, workers may be required to operate forklifts, drive a truck, pull weeds, move irrigation pipe, clean and repair housing, and perform farm and field sanitation.

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 will manually pull, plant, and load onion plants. Workers will also hand-harvest onions. Workers must exercise extreme care not to drop farm produce any time during handling. Able to work in hold, cold and/or humid weather bending or stooping to reach ground level crops, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers should report to work in their own suitable clothing.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Cedar Crossing Farms, Inc

Location:

Uvalda, GA 30473

Worksite

Address:

2297 GA Highway 56 W, Uvalda, GA 30473

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24226-263667

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Per 100 feet/4rows, plants 4 inches apart $13.67 estimated/guaranteed.

Date Posted:

8/21/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$3.71

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