Farm Workers

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transport to town

Job summary

H2ajobs recruits workers for a Vidalia onion farm in Georgia. You will perform manual labor to pull, bundle, bag, load, and unload onion plants onto trucks and plant sprouts; transplant into beds and cover holes with dirt. Also set up irrigation and operate tractors. Two months of farm experience required. Housing and meals are provided, with weekly transport to town; safety and drug tests apply.

Qualifications

• Two months of commercial vegetable farm work experience is required.
• Perform prolonged walking, bending, pushing, pulling and reaching in outdoor conditions.

Responsibilities

• Pull, bundle, bag, load, and unload Vidalia onion plants onto trucks.
• Plant sprouts and transplant into prepared holes and cover holes with dirt as instructed by supervisor.
• Set up irrigation equipment and operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled equipment to work the fields.
• Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress and maintain fields; supervise field sanitation and cleanup.

Job description

Crops/Commodities: onions.

Perform manual labor to pull, bundle, bag, load, and unload Vidalia onion plants onto trucks and plant sprouts. Unload bundles of plants into baskets and throw plants onto beds, transplant into prepared holes and cover holes with dirt (according to supervisor's instructions). Duties may include tilling soil, weeding or thinning crops; counting and checking onion plants. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self- propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant and cultivate crops. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Prepare, clean up, and maintain fields. Workers are also responsible for farm and field sanitation including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and other farm and field sanitation duties. Remove unnecessary growth from specific fields. Must assist with all Good Agricultural Practices policies.

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: 2 months

Two months of commercial vegetable farm work experience is required. Perform prolonged walking, sitting, bending, pushing, pulling and reaching and work outside in extremely cold and/or wet weather. Repetitive movements. Employer is a drug-free workplace. Drug testing is conducted post hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. Negative results are required before starting work. Any employee who declines to take or fails a drug test will be immediately terminated.