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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Farm Equipment Operation - Workers are required to operate tractors and other farm equipment to perform daily operations such as tilling, planting, cultivating and harvesting. This includes transporting farm equipment to fields and harvested product to processor. The job also requires preventative maintenance on farm equipment. Before any worker operates farm equipment, they will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. Any workers operating farm equipment including field tractors or over the road vehicles, the workers are required be able to communicate in English and follow basic instructions in English. Irrigation - Workers will lay down irrigation pipe, monitor for leaks, move and remove pipe as needed throughout the growing season. Pipe can weigh fifty (50) lbs. and workers will be required to carry pipe short distances from the truck to the field. Building and Field Maintenance - Light building maintenance required to involve sweeping, cleaning, and painting in and around farmstead, including buildings and grounds. This also includes field maintenance such as rock picking, trimming hedgerows and hand weeding. Secondary Job Descriptions: Installation & Disassembly of Agricultural Equipment - Disassemble equipment that is no longer in use. Install agricultural equipment in farm. This includes uncrating and sorting building material, assembling sections of equipment and joining sections together. Construct feeding and drinking systems, as well as manure removal equipment. Install lighting and ventilation systems, and other light construction work in and around the farm site. This does not include preventative maintenance. Vegetable Crop - Workers will prepare fields for planting Vegetables (Corn, Soybeans, Small Grain, Buckwheat, Beets, Squash, Peppers, Sweet Corn, Eggplant, Cucumbers, Cauliflower). Worker will plant Vegetables according to their supervisor's instructions. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities include picking rock from fields, transplanting, pruning and weeding. Workers will carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into larger bin or onto trailer. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during the working hours can range from thirty-five (35) to over ninety-five (95) degrees. Transportation - Workers will drive to/from the work site and to/from field as needed. Workers will drive weekly to the grocery store and bank. The transportation plan will be communicated from the Kreher Manager. The workers will have 24 hours/7-day week access to the vehicles therefore there is no pick-up/drop-off needed. These two workers will either share a F150 or similar pick-up or CRV or similar SUV or have their own depending on the daily plan from the Kreher Manager. Pick-ups have 3 seatbelts and CRV has 5 seatbelts. All transportation will be provided at no cost to workers on the H2A program who reside in NYS DOH inspected/certified housing. Biosecurity Requirements - Any persons coming on to our farms and into our barns must not own birds, unless they are not located within a commutable distance from any of our farm locations. This is mandated by the following: - United Egg Producers - Animal Welfare Certification - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - National Poultry Improvement Program - Biosecurity Indemnification Requirement - Eggland's Best Standard Operating Procedures - Biosecurity Standard - Food & Drug Administration (FDA) - 21 CFR, Parts

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Workers must be physically able to lift up to 50 lbs with assistance. Employer will furnish to workers, without cost, all tools and equipment required to perform duties assigned. Field temperatures range from 10 to 100 degrees (F)with possible wet morning conditions. Employer agrees to provide to the worker, without charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned.

Number of Hours Per Week:

44

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Kreher Enterprises, LLC (KE #2)

Location:

Clarence, NY 14031

Worksite

Address:

5411 Davison Road, Clarence, NY 14031

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25046-697764

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Raises, higher wages and/or bonuses may be offered to any worker in the specified occupation, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure.

Date Posted:

2/20/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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