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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Workers must be able to plant, cultivate, harvest, and pack tomatoes, lima beans, purple hull peas, blackberries, strawberries, watermelons, cantaloupe, cucumbers, squash, okra, raking pine straw, and pruning and thinning peach trees. Packing House is part of the farm. Prune, take cuttings for propagation, load trucks, repair drip irrigation, clean greenhouse, spray, nursery work, irrigation work, weed, dig ditches, daily farm maintenance, clean production areas and facilities. Plant produce by hand placing into pre-dug holes along rows. Pick developed tomatoes from bush and place into bucket, making sure that plant is picked clean of all tomatoes of correct size and maturity. When bucket is full, carry to dumper on truck that is moving through rows alongside workers, being careful not to bruise the tomatoes. Peaches - thinning is done by hand while the tree is still flowering and at early fruit is set. Fruit or flowers are twisted off with a short quick motion leaving an optimal space of 6-9 inches between.

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-month experience in manually planting, cultivating, harvesting, and packing tomatoes, lima beans, purple hull peas, blackberries, peaches, watermelons, or similar crops. Workers must be 18 years or older. Valid Driver's License required to operate company's vehicles. The employer may conduct criminal background checks on all new applicants for employment at the owner's expense. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Lifting requirement of up to 40 lbs. The majority of the workday is spent on one's feet. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Due to the nature of business and equipment used, repetitive movements such as pushing, pulling, sitting, walking, stooping, and bending will be required. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift.

Number of Hours Per Week:

42

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Cherry Creek Orchards

Location:

Pontotoc, MS 38863

Worksite

Address:

4660 Hwy 345, Pontotoc, MS 38863

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24310-455424

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/12/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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