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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

128

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: onions, watermelons, peas, butter beans, squash, tomatoes, strawberries, cantaloupes, pecans. Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade and pack onions, watermelons, peas, butter beans, squash, tomatoes, strawberries, and cantaloupes, and to plant, prune, and trim pecan trees. Use hand tools including but not limited to shears, shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, and knives. Grade, sort or classify harvested products on an assembly line according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Make and close containers/boxes and record grade and/or identification numbers. Measure, weigh, count and check harvested products and materials. Stack boxes/containers onto pallet. Maintain orchards including pruning and thinning of pecan trees. Pick up old pecans in the field to be hauled off. Clean, load and unload harvested products. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune and thin each tree as shown by field supervisor. Limbs must not be torn from the tree, nor should limbs be completely stripped of leaves. Harvest onions by picking up onions, clipping top and roots using shears, placing in bucket, walking to bin and/or truck and dumping bucket into bin and/or truck, or handing bucket to a dumper. Dumpers will empty buckets and give the harvester back the empty bucket with a token/ticket. Onions are unloaded at the packinghouse to be graded and packed. Unload and load boxes of onions by hand and using machinery. Throw boxes off truck. Use hand tools, such as shears, shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, and knives. Open fields by moving onions from one row to another row to open up a driveway for the machinery. Pull/move onions to lay on ground to dry. Grade, sort or classify harvested onions on an assembly line according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Harvest watermelon by cutting stems from the vine using knives. During the cutting process, a farm worker walks in a designated area selecting mature watermelons to be harvested based on appearance considering the variances in shape, size, weight, and external color while also considering other factors such as location of vine, age of crop, number of times crop has been cut, growing conditions of crop, as well as variety of watermelons. Workers will then pick up harvested watermelons and pitch them to another worker who will either gently place into bins or pitch it to another worker within an assembly line. Move vines and fruit in the field in order to prevent damage by cultivation or harvest. During the loading process, a farm worker walks in a designated area while lifting preselected watermelons, then pitches the watermelons to another farm worker who catches the watermelons and pitches them to another farm worker or gently places them in the designated area or transport vehicle. Watermelons are unloaded and packed by hand using aid of conveyor belts and sizing machines. In the packing process, watermelons are unloaded from harvest transport vehicle where employees lift watermelons from harvest vehicle and pass to another employee who gently places the watermelon on the in feed conveyer. An employee then lifts the fruit from the sizing station and gently places watermelons in bin while assuring count and pack layout for each bin is correct for their sizing station. Pull weeds, pick up roots, mow grass, clean and maintain field and work areas. Workers are responsible for farm and field sanitation including picking up trash and cleaning bathrooms and other farm sanitation duties. Transport drinking water to field workers. Inform supervisors of crop progress. Operate farm vehicles, machinery and equipment, including forklifts. Staggered entry plan: 50 workers in March 78 workers in April

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Ornelas Harvesting, Inc.

Location:

Reidsville, GA 30453

Worksite

Address:

1652 Ronny Collins Road (Field and Packinghouse), Cobbtown, GA 30420

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25358-510496

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

AEWR; US Workers: GA: $12.27; H2A Workers: GA: $10.52

Date Posted:

1/14/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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