farm laborer

RELVA/SOD/ALGODÃO/MILHO/AMENDOIM

Descrição do Cargo The farmworker position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting, packing and transplanting on public and private property of commercial sod, sprigs and grass seed; weeding and hoeing of cotton, corn and peanut fields; farm, field and shed maintenance, sanitation, and post-harvest cleanup as well as duties related to the deployment and maintenance of in-field irrigation. Este trabalho pode exigir ficar em pé, caminhar, inclinar-se, dobrar-se e levantar até 20 quilos por longos períodos de tempo ao ar livre em todas as condições climáticas. Este trabalho requer a adesão a importantes procedimentos operacionais padrão de segurança e qualidade e a capacidade de trabalhar de forma rápida e consistente ao lado de colegas de trabalho com uma atitude positiva, profissional e baseada em equipe e uma consideração pela segurança e saúde dos colegas de trabalho. The employer will be utilizing the following staggered entry dates:

8 workers 2/16 -12/15

8 workers 3/9-12/15

Job Specifications

Sod: The worker will be expected to perform the various activities associated with growing

grass and sod on a commercial turfgrass operation. These tasks will require individuals to work

quickly and consistently for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness in the quality of work being completed. Workers will be required to aid in soil preparation by manual and mechanical means for sprigging and seeding, mowing, rolling, cutting, aerating, and stacking of grass on pallets. That includes cleaning fields of rock, roots, limbs, stumps, trees, and debris. Workers will be expected to weed. hoe, propagate, water, fertilize, spray, monitor, trim, cut, roll, stack, load, transport, and discard sod. Workers will be required to load and unload pallets by hand, bag certified grass seed, use both center pivot and traveling gun irrigation systems, operate diesel and electric irrigation pumps, bag sand with shovels, and clean debris from dams and suction lines. Workers will be operating weed eaters, chainsaws, riding mowers, and push mowers. Vehicle and equipment operations may include tractors, gators, forklifts, bobcats, disc, cultivators, mowers, and pick-up trucks. Workers will use tractors to drag, tow and lift sod specific equipment through fields. Workers may use forklifts and bobcats to load and unload rolls of harvested sod the field or shed. Workers will be instructed how to safely operate any of the mentioned vehicles or equipment prior to use. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standard and specifications given by the employer.

Cotton/Corn/Peanuts: The worker will be expected to perform the various activities associated with weeding and hoeing cotton/corn/peanut fields. These tasks will require individuals to work quickly and consistently for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions.

Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness in the quality of work being completed. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer.