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. Bushhog fields. 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.

Alternative work: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, dropping sticks in field, maintenance of tool & equipment & other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing and the clearing and painting of fence/barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed. General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. workers may be requested to ten (10) hours per day depending on conditions in fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Down time: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew / rain and should have suitable clothing for conditions which include light rain and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 100 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stoop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment.