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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: Orchard work: pecans and pecan trees. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Perform manual labor to plant pecan trees, cultivate, graft, and harvest pecans by hand and machine. Clean, pack, and load harvested products. Operate farm vehicles, tractors, and agricultural equipment. Ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning on ladders and lifts. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, pruning scissors, pipe fitting, pipe wrenches, shears, pick axes, and wheel barrow. 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. Till soil; transplant, weed, thin, and prune crops. Repair fences and farm buildings. Paint and scrape old buildings. Repair and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Pick up old pecans in the field to be hauled off. Use wheel barrow to haul dirt, concrete and mulch to washes in the field. Lift and carry buckets to spread fertilizer, keeping up, as tractor pulls fertilizer trailer through orchard. Haul fertilizer to young trees with wheel barrow. Apply fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Remove unwanted weeds by hand in orchard. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches including checking valves. Set up, operate, and maintain irrigation equipment. Use pick ax and shovel to make new irrigation ditches in the field. Drive trucks or other vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers 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. Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker. 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. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage;

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

Two months of pecan pruning experience required. Lift and carry up to 50 lbs. Climb 6 ft. ladders and use 25 ft. lifts. Work outside in extremely hot, cold and/or wet weather. Perform prolonged walking, pushing, pulling, bending, lifting and reaching over head for extended periods of time. Use a cherry picker and/or lift while pruning pecan trees. Hazardous occupation. The employer does not hire persons convicted of sex related crimes except under extremely limited circumstances. Individual circumstances will be taken into consideration at the request of the applicant. Employer is a drug-free workplace. Drug testing is conducted post hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. Employees may be subject to a drug test upon suspicion or in the case of a work related accident.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Reedy Creek GB, LLC

Location:

Leesburg, GA 31763

Worksite

Address:

Church Rock-2129 Camden Lane, Albany, GA 31721

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26014-560544

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/4/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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