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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

45

Job Duties:

Perform manual farm maintenance in cotton, corn, soybean, cabbage, oats, wheat and peanut fields. Drive tractors or operate other farm equipment to assist with planting, harvesting, and maintaining peanuts, cotton, soybeans, and sweet corn. Perform manual labor to harvest sweetcorn by hand. Workers will mechanically plant seeds/liners in fields. At harvest, workers walk rows while bending and reaching to select mature ears of corn, pulling off the stalk, and tossing up onto moving conveyor belt equipment in the field. Workers must carefully select ears of corn of correct size and maturity, avoiding ears with discolored husks, unacceptable shanks (longer than 6 inches) or visible worm damage. Workers must keep up with the moving conveyor belt system being pulled by a tractor as it moves slowly through the field at a speed ranging from ½ mile to one mile per hour. Pick up rocks in fields and complete manual field cleanup activities. Pull weeds by hand. Long sleeve shirts and pants are recommended to be worn when harvesting. Workers will work on a packing line to pack ears of corn in wirebound crate, RPC, or corrugated box. Make boxes and stack boxes on pallets. Operate machinery to cut tips of corn, place corn on trays, and wrap trays. Clean and maintain farm vehicles, implements and equipment. Workers may drive forklifts at the packing house. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Per state regulations, employer is exempt from CDL requirements for farm, No commercial or heavy truck driving is required. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides or related chemicals may affect a worker’s ability to perform the job. People 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.

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 farmwork experience required. Perform prolonged walking, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling and lifting and carrying of 40 lbs. Physical stamina is required. Work is outside in extremely hot, humid and/or wet weather with gnats for extensive periods of time. Employer is a drug free workplace. Drug testing is conducted post-hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. Any employee who declines to take or fails this drug test will be terminated and paid for all hours worked, if any.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Green Circles Farm

Company Name:

Circle C Farms, Inc.

Location:

Bainbridge, GA 39817

Worksite

Address:

Aultman Half, Cooler Road, Bainbridge, GA 39817

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24332-505143

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/19/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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