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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

75

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: Farm work: Vidalia onions. Perform manual labor to pull, bundle, bag, load, and unload Vidalia onion plants onto trucks and plant sprouts. Unload bundles of plants into baskets and throw plants onto beds, transplant into prepared holes and cover holes with dirt (according to supervisor's instructions). Duties may include tilling soil, weeding or thinning crops; counting and checking onion plants. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant and cultivate crops. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Prepare, clean up, and maintain fields. Workers are also responsible for farm and field sanitation including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and other farm and field sanitation duties. Remove unnecessary growth from specific fields. Must assist with all Good Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage; (3) has treated company property (tools, equipment, crops, fixtures, etc.), with care and respect, avoiding damage or improper cleanliness or maintenance standards; (4) has timely and consistently followed instructions duly communicated by supervisors, crew leaders, and management personnel; (5) has complied with the employer's quality control standards for ensuring a marketable product; (6) is not repeatedly tardy or absent, has reported to work at the time and place instructed, and remained at work for the agreed-upon work hours, unless such absence was excused or the worker timely communicated and sought approval for any deviation from such schedule; (7) has consistently performed the duties assigned, in the manner instructed, and has not purposefully malingered or acted in a recalcitrant manner (i.e., refusing without cause to perform certain duties, refused to follow instructions, performed work in in a careless or reckless manner that poses a risk to the employer's crops/commodities, company property, or the health/safety of others, etc.).

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Three months of verbal commercial vegetable farm work experience required. Prolonged walking, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying and loading up to 60 lbs. Work in cold and/or wet weather. Drug testing is conducted post hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. Negative results are required before starting work.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

McLain Farms, Inc.

Location:

Lyons, GA 30436

Telephone Number:

+19125268436

Worksite

Address:

534 McLain Cemetery Road (Shed), Lyons, GA 30436

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24234-282858

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

8/29/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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