farmworkers & laborers

Puxe ervas daninhas/pique. Os trabalhadores caminharão ao longo das fileiras, conforme especificado pelo empregador, e removerão ervas daninhas e grama dos campos à mão ou usando uma enxada. Transplante, cubra e suque, cultive e colete manualmente tabaco curado em estufa. Realize a limpeza do campo pós-colheita. Carregar e descarregar culturas e materiais agrícolas. Pode operar e realizar pequenas manutenções e reparos em veículos agrícolas, implementos e equipamentos. Pode reparar cercas, estufas e outros edifícios e estruturas agrícolas. Executar tarefas de saneamento de fazendas, campos e galpões. Corte a grama e opere o aparador em torno dos edifícios da fazenda. Direcionar e monitorar o trabalho de ajuda casual e sazonal durante o plantio e colheita. Operar veículos agrícolas para transportar colheitas e conduzir outros trabalhadores agrícolas de um lugar para outro ao redor das propriedades agrícolas (inclusive em estradas públicas para chegar aos campos dos agricultores) durante o dia de trabalho. Pode operar caminhões leves ou fora da fazenda e pela estrada para dirigir-se ou outros trabalhadores agrícolas de um lugar para outro, como para o supermercado, banco, agências governamentais, consultórios médicos ou odontológicos e assim por diante. Embora não seja um requisito de contratação, se um trabalhador dirige um veículo da empresa durante o período de emprego, então, no momento da operação do veículo da empresa, o motorista deve possuir uma carteira de motorista válida emitida por um state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

Tobacco: Harvest workers will move into a row of mature tobacco plants. Each row may be as long as 3000 feet. The tobacco plant may be from 4 to 6 feet tall and spaced about 20 inches apart in each row. Starting at the bottom of the plant, the worker will bend over at the waist and pick the bottom two or three leaves from each plant. Staying bent over, the worker will move down the row of mature tobacco repeating the above-process. (The bottom leaves may be as low as two inches from the ground.) The worker will place the picked leaves under his arm. Once the worker has gathered an armload of leaves, he will carry it to a field sled. The leaves must be laid neatly onto the field sled. The worker then will return to the row and repeat the process. All workers must be able to distinguish ripe tobacco by observing the color of the leaves. Care must be exercised to prevent breaking of the plants. Workers must be able to move quickly along the rows and move in unison with the field sleds. Worker may ride mechanical transplanter and mechanical harvester. Workers may walk behind transplanter to reset missing plants. Workers must remove all flowering tops and suckers from tobacco plants. Workers may be asked to fill and close boxes of green tobacco and push boxes into the barn which requires standing for long periods and physical endurance. Workers may assist in removing tobacco from barn, loading dried tobacco in trailers, unloading onto a picking belt, working to pick out undesirable material from the tobacco, operate a baling machine and assist loading bales on trucks. Workers may assist in removing tobacco from barn, placing on sheets to be bound and loaded on trucks. Weight of sheets of tobacco may be 300 lbs. Workers are required to work in fields when tobacco leaves are wet with dew or rain. Worker should be able to stand for prolonged periods of time to prime (pull) leaves which are from two to ten inches from the ground. Workers may be exposed to noxious plants and insects. Temperatures in tobacco fields during working hours may range from 40 to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Workers must be able to perform the job as described above. Workers may be required to perform other duties as required by the employer. The pay rate for all tobacco work is hourly paid.