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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Workers will weld farm equipment. Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Sweet Corn, Pumpkins, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Gourds, Grains, Beans, Hay, Honey, Lettuce, Melons, Plants, Soybeans and Corn. Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Workers will perform various duties to plant, cultivate harvest, pack, grade, repack produce grown on the employer’s farm. This may include preparing ground/field for planting by removing rocks, sticks, trees, and brush. Workers may also be required to install and move irrigation pipe/systems, Aluminum pipe, and T-tape maintaining system. Workers may be required to operate forklift; various farm implements and farm licensed vehicles. Workers will be weeding, loading trucks, record keeping, cutting corn stalks and bundling, trimming trees, piling/burning, assist bee keper to move boxes, may be asked to place bee boxes in field, and perform farm and facility maintenance including mowing grass and performing landscaping duties. Workers must follow their employer’s instructions to ensure all sanitation procedures are followed. Cantaloupes, Pumpkins, Gourds, Pumpkins, Squash and Watermelons: Workers will be expected to punch and make holes to prepare the black plastic for planting plugs. Workers must be careful not to damage the tender young plugs. Workers will be expected to perform routine maintenance activities including pulling weeds and cleaning drip irrigation equipment. At harvest, workers will be expected to select the melons based on the standard. Workers will walk along rows and cut melons according to size, color, shape, and degree of maturity using a knife. May carry to trailer or windrow for loading at a later time. Also, the workers will be expected to grade, sort, and place in shipping containers. After harvest is completed, workers will be required to remove mature melon vines from the plastic as well as preparing the plastic for the next planting cycle, if applicable. May also be required to remove old or damaged plastic and irrigation drip tape along with any other trash, rocks, or debris from the planting areas. Workers will assist in preparation of field areas prior to installation of new plastic and drip tape.

Job Classification:

51-4121.00 - Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Must have 3 months verifiable experience working as a welder. Drug testing will be conducted after hire at employer's expense, post-accident or upon suspicion. 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:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Wabash Valley Growers LLC - Welders

Location:

Vincennes, IN 47591

Worksite

Address:

W Decker Chapel Rd, Decker, IN 47524

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24348-543645

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

See addendum A.

Date Posted:

12/26/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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