farm workers

Crops/Commodities: Soybeans, Sugar cane

Plant, cultivate, and harvest sugarcane and soybeans Duties performed are approximately 70% manual and 30% mechanized. Operate farm vehicles, tractor and agriculture equipment. Prepare fields for planting. Work in groups to plant sugarcane while walking behind moving wagon when needed. Use hand tools such as shovels, machetes, and knives. Duties may include plowing, harrowing, tilling soil, weeding crops and applying fertilizer. Dig and maintain ditches. Clean and load harvest products. Load field wagons with sugarcane stalks that have been segmented using machetes. Walk behind wagons and hand plant sugarcane at designated intervals in furrows. May use tractor to move crop to designated area as directed by supervisor. Mow, cut and weed fields. Assist with cleaning, maintenance, and repairing equipment, fences and farm buildings. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and agriculture equipment. Operate farm vehicles to load sugarcane onto trailers to assist with the completion of the harvest process. Dig, clear and maintain ditches to drain water from fields. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Inform farm managers of crop progress. Perform post-harvest activities.

Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500. 105, may be asked to drive vehicles for transporting workers, goods, or commodities on company business. This task is voluntary, compensable, and not a mandatory job duty. Workers without a valid driver’s license or doctor’s certificate will still be fully eligible for employment and are not disqualified from any other job responsibilities outlined in this application. The employer can and will make alternative arrangements for the transportation of workers should the need arise.