- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 140
- Job Duties:
- Crops/Commodities: Farm Work: Vidalia onions, pecans. Perform manual labor to cultivate and harvest Vidalia onions by hand. Workers will pick up onions at ground level and clip top and bottom of onion and put into bucket. Use hand tools such as shears. At no time will onion be dropped from a height greater than eight inches into bucket, or at any time during handling. After buckets are full, worker will pour onions into bin. Loose onions falling out of field bucket will be picked up and put back into bucket. Workers will pick up loose onions from tractor tire rows and place loose onions back into onion bed area to be clipped. Workers will take steps to not damage onions. Workers with a valid license and doctor's certificate may transport other workers and be offered additional hours. Workers may operate and maintain farm vehicles, trucks, and equipment including but not limited to forklifts. Clean and maintain fields and work areas. Pull weeds. Maintain orchards including pruning and thinning of pecan trees, plant and cultivate pecan trees and harvest pecans. Operate farm vehicles, tractors and equipment as needed. Ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning on ladders and lifts. Perform duties using both hand tools and mechanical tools/equipment. Harrow and fertilize soil, plant, cultivate, spray, sweep, shake, and harvest crops using equipment. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, equipment and cleaning plant. Till soil, mow, prepare and apply fertilizers and herbicides, and transplant seedlings. Plant pecan trees by hand while keeping up as trailer pulls young trees through orchard. Haul fertilizer and lime to young trees with wheelbarrow and buckets, keeping up as tractor pulls fertilizer trailer through orchard. Put garlic, soap, and wraps on young trees by hand. Worker may perform grading/irrigation activities. Work in groups to set up irrigation equipment, including carrying lines and putting in underground emitters. Operate irrigation equipment. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Use pick-ax and shovel to make new irrigation ditches in the field. Harvest pecans by hand. Pick up old pecans in the field to be hauled off. Push pecan wagons by hand into storage. Pick up limbs and rocks. Repair pallets and sacks in processing plant. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. 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. 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.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse