Farm Worker

H2ajobs; Lyons (GA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Weekly town transportation

Job summary

H2ajobs in Lyons, GA seeks workers to perform ginning and packing duties. You will operate forklifts and other packing equipment, sort produce by quality, and ensure accurate weighing and labeling on the assembly line or conveyors.

Housing and meals are employer-provided, with weekly town transportation offered. A minimum of one month of recent farming experience is required, and you will work in a fast-paced packing environment with strong emphasis on safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience performing agricultural or packing duties is preferred.
• Ability to operate basic equipment used in packing and loading.
• Must be able to follow supervisor instructions and safety rules.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklifts, module feeders, bale baggers, and other packing/loading equipment.
• Sort and grade produce by color, size, weight, and quality for processing.
• Pack, label, and weigh products; stack boxes on pallets and maintain conveyor flow.

Skills

Manual labor

Forklift operation

Follow instructions

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Workers will perform job duties in connection with the ginning of cotton such as and not limited to: Maintain grounds and gin cleanliness (sweep, rake, and wipe down equipment); Operate forklifts, module feeders (unwrap raw cotton), mote presses, front end loaders (unload cotton), bale baggers, yard trucks, and motor vehicles; Roll module covers and collect samples. Plant, transplant, weed, cultivate, irrigate, harvest and/or grade and pack beets, blueberries, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cilantro, daikon, dandelions, dill, eggplant, fennel, green beans, green onions, leeks, onions, parsleys, parsnips, peas, peppers, radishes, rutabagas, squash, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes, watermelons, arugula, bok choy, baby bok choy, cabbages, chards, collards, kales, lettuces, mustard greens, spinach and turnips by hand or farm equipment. Plant, prune, water and propagate plants. Grade, sort or classify products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter while leaving acceptable products on conveyer for further processing. Carrots continue to be carried through the process on a conveyer where farm equipment will weigh, count and package product. Tie, label and stack on pallets according to supervisor's instructions or pack in boxes. Once box is full, slide down rollers, close, seal and stack the box onto a pallet and place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Record packing information. Examine and inspect containers, materials and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products from pallets and place in assigned area. Monitor and load materials into package processing equipment. Dump untied bags of carrots back into the farming equipment to go through the process again. Transplant plants including blueberries, cabbage and leafy greens. Take plant out of tray that is on a trailer moving down a row and place plant into a pre-dug hole and cover hole with dirt. Harvest cabbage according to supervisor's instructions by using a knife to cut crop and place on conveyor to be graded and packed. Grade and pack green beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to supervisor's instructions on assembly line in packing house or on a mule train. Grade beans, cabbage and leafy greens according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective beans, cabbage and greens and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products on conveyor to be packed into a box. Once box is full, slide down rollers and place a new box on the conveyer to be packed. Close the box and slide it down the rollers to be weighed. Stack weighed boxes onto pallets. Manually feed the potato slips into fingers on the transplanter that place the plant into the ground and cover the root of the plant with dirt. Workers will be asked to alternate walking behind the transplanter and planting slips by hand using a stick. Ride a potato digger or harvester and pick up potatoes off of a chain, sort them, and place them into boxes on the digger while harvesting.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers residing in employer-provided housing will be provided free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Transport: Employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.

Experience wanted: 1 months

One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed in any of the aforementioned crops.