Farm Worker

Lucky Ag, Inc.; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Employer-provided meals

Job summary

H2ajobs in Arizona is hiring workers to harvest and pack celery. You will use a long-handled hoe for weeding, cut celery stalks with an 8-inch knife, and place packed stalks on a machine table for boxing and loading into trailers. You may also drive in the fields and operate tractors as needed.

Experience: at least 3 months celery harvesting. Rotation between cutting and packing, with daily loading of boxes weighing 40–50 lb.

Qualifications

• 3 months celery harvesting experience required.
• Experience operating agricultural equipment such as tractors.

Responsibilities

• Harvest and pack celery, slice with 8-inch celery knife, and prepare stalks for boxing.
• Weeding using a long-handled hoe and rotating cutting/packing duties.
• Load boxes (40–50 lb) onto trailers and assist with field inspections.
• Operates agricultural machinery as needed and may drive in the fields.

Skills

Harvest celery experience

Equipment operation

Job description

Crops: Celery

Workers will use a long-handled hoe (4ft or more in length) for weeding/hoeing fields of celery. Harvesting and packing celery. Harvesting celery stalks with an 8-inch celery knife making a diagonal cut at the bottom of the stalk. Then it's put on the machine table where it's packed in bags then into a box that weighs between 40-to 50 lb pushed on the conveyor belt and then loaded into the trailer. Employees are to be experienced in both cutting and packing due to their everyday rotation. Loading boxes of product onto truck. Operate agricultural equipment such as tractor. Workers may be asked to drive in the fields, clean, and perform inspections on product.

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: 3 months

3 months celery harvesting experience required.