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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Farmworkers

Harper Planting Partnership

Cheneyville, LA

$14.83 per hour

ACTIVE

Recruitment Information

Telephone Number to Apply:
+13184524231
Email address to Apply:
heharperfarms@hotmail.com

Job Description

Full Time:
Yes
Number of Workers Requested:
23
Job Duties:
Crops/Commodities: Farm work: Sugarcane, rice, soybeans, milo and crawfish. Workers will plant, cultivate and harvest sugarcane, soybeans, wheat, rice, milo and crawfish. Workers will harvest crawfish by hand, wade or ride in boats, pick up traps, dump crawfish into boats, rinse and bag. Prepare boats, cut bait, bait and set out traps to catch crawfish. Weigh crawfish. Operate tractors, tractor- drawn machinery, grain auger, and self propelled machinery. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Transplant and weed crops. Till soil and apply fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Clean, pack and load harvested products. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Work in grain handling facilities. Clean grain bins, augers, and dump pits. Repair fences and farm buildings. Participate in irrigation activities, such as set up and operate irrigation equipment. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Walk rice and soybean fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops from wells. Use shovels for end of season draining of fields. Build, assemble and maintain levees. Drain excess water from field, open drainage overfill pipes, and walk each field to check for standing water. Check wells each day and service wells. Put down and retrieve levee gates for irrigation of crops. Perform general farm maintenance including weed and grass control. Assist with cleaning equipment using steam cleaner or high pressure water hose. Excess grain must be removed from bin walls, roof, floors, and auger with blowers, brooms, and shovels. Workers must move the auger from bin to bin and clean the auger. Climb steps and ladders on the grain bins. Workers must level the contents of grain bins with a shovel. Properly load seed into hopper. Receive rice crop for drying and storage at grain drying facility and chop grass out of fields. Load field wagons with sugarcane stalk segments. Walk behind field wagon in groups and hand plant sugarcane at designated intervals in furrow rows. Pick up dropped sugarcane in fields. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Workers who have a valid driver's license and doctor's certificate may drive trucks or vans to haul supplies, tools or farmworkers on or off the farm. 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 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.
Job Classification:
45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

The job/industry classification and description includes general information on the position from ONET/OES and the North American Industry Classification System. Please review Job Duties and Job Order for more information.

Job Requirements

Experience Required:
Yes
Months of Experience Required:
3
Special Requirements:
3 months of equipment operating experience required. Repetitively walk, sit, bend, reach, stoop, push and pull for long periods of time. Lift and carry 50 lbs. and climb ladders up to 40 ft. Work may be performed in extreme temperatures ranging from 20 to 110 degrees. Hazardous Occupation. Must be 18 or older. Employer is a Drug Free Workplace. Drug testing is conducted post hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process.
Number of Hours Per Week:
40
Work Schedule (Start/End time):
7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:
Harper Planting Partnership
Location:
Cheneyville, LA 71325

Worksite

Address:
1689 Bayou Road, Cheneyville, LA 71325

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:
H-300-25007-600439
Multiple Worksites:
No
Date Posted:
1/16/2025
Piece Rate Offer
$0.00

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