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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

21

Job Duties:

The farm work position includes duties associated with the cultivating, harvesting and packing of straw, fruits, and vegetables such as beans, cantaloupes, corn, creamer and sweet potatoes, squash, cucumbers, zucchini, peppers, eggplants, gourds, pumpkins, okra, strawberries, tomatoes, peas, peaches, watermelons, collards and kale. Workers will also be responsible for stacking square bales of straw or hay into trailers, trucks or sheds. Farm and field maintenance, sanitation and post harvest cleanup as well as duties related to the deployment of in field irrigation and deliveries will also be required. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 70 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm. Peaches: Worker will be assigned a row and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit are selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instances, harvest will be done from a six/eight foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift, carry, and work from the top of ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit are placed gently in the picking container until container is full. Workers are to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, or to help someone out sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designated supervisor.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Cotton Hills Farms, LLC

Location:

Chester, SC 29706

Worksite

Address:

2309 Wilson Road, Chester, SC 29706

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25009-606703

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/15/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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