- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 8
- Job Duties:
- Crops/Commodities: Soybeans, rice and corn..
Plant, cultivate, and harvest soybeans, rice and corn. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears, and knives. Operate and clean farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Provide field preparation and field clean up including burning fields and using equipment to clear and level fields. Weed and thin crops. Till soil and apply fertilizer and pesticides. Participate in irrigation activities, such as setting up, operating, and maintaining irrigation equipment. Dig, clear and maintain ditches to drain water from fields. Inform farm managers of crop progress. Walk fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops. Use shovels for end of season draining of fields. Form and maintain levees. Put down spillway openings, drain excess water, remove levee gates and regulate proper water depth in rice fields. Move equipment between locations. Load and unload harvested products. Perform general farm maintenance. Clean in and around work areas and employer's premises. Repair and maintain fences, buildings, and grounds. Load and unload product, materials and supplies. Drive trucks or other vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. As a minor activity, assist with minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse