farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse

Nível de habilidade 1

Burley Tobacco: Os deveres incluem, mas não se limitam a: cuidados com o berçário, colocação, aparamento, aparamento superior, armazenamento e lubrificação e descascamento. Os trabalhadores serão treinados por um período de dois dias (14 horas), após o qual se espera que o trabalhador corte 100 paus por hora - não inclui paus caídos. Outros trabalhos e tarefas relacionados podem incluir cortar ervas daninhas entre as plantas com uma enxada: remover topos e brotos das plantas, aplicar fertilizante (curativo lateral). Tabaco Dark Fired: Os deveres incluem, mas não estão limitados a: Remoção, colocação, tampões de corte/lubrificação, corte, armazenamento e descascamento do berçário. Os trabalhadores serão obrigados a cortar madeira e transportá-la para o celeiro para queimar o tabaco. Tábuas de madeira cobertas com serragem são colocadas sob o tabaco que está pendurado no celeiro. As placas são queimadas para fumar o tabaco e isso é repetido até que o tabaco atinja a cor apropriada. Os trabalhadores removerão as cinzas que restarem após a queima do tabaco. O trabalhador é obrigado a cortar 50-60 varas por hora. Air Cured Tobacco: Duties include but are not limited to: Nursery care, placing, cutting buffers/greasing, cutting, storing and peeling. Other Related Duties for All Types of Tobacco: Workers will cut the weeds between the plants with a pick or shovel; cutting tops and suckers on plants, and applying fertilizer.

Forage: Duties will include, but are not limited to: Land preparation, operating tillage equipment, cutting equipment. Take the hay bales to the storage barns/barns of farms that purchase the hay.

Row Crops: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Perform variety of other duties such as husking and shelling corn, lubricating and repairing farm machinery and unloading grain onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators.

Fruit/Vegetable Production: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store vegetables. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Perform variety of other duties such as lubricating and repairing farm machinery. May plan and schedule plowing, cultivating and harvesting operations. Plant, cultivate, harvest, & pack vegetables (boxes, buckets & crates). Lay plastic, setting plants, weeding (w/hoe & by hand), driving stakes, grading/sorting and activities associated with vegetable production. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop.

Alternative Work: General farm maintenance and other duties as necessary in maintaining farming operation. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing soil for planting, maintenance of implements & equipment & other work as directly related to the harvest activities for which the worker is employed. Also include fixing and emptying and painting of fence/barns. Participate in livestock operation, duties may include, but not limited to, feeding, participating in calving, tagging, vaccinations, movement from pen to pen, and sorting. Such work will be offered when weather or harvest conditions prevent work in the primary activities listed above.

Staggered Start Dates - The employer will be staggering start dates based upon the seasonal need of the crop. Below are the dates and # of workers; start date is on or around the dates based upon the need of the crop. Start Date: 03/18/2026 - 10 workers / Start Date: 04/30/2026 - 6 workers / Start Date: 06/01/2026 - 14 workers