Farm Workers and Laborers

H2ajobs; Douglas (GA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Weekly transportation

Cooking facilities

Job summary

H2ajobs in Georgia is seeking workers to harvest pecans in 5-gallon buckets, load sacks onto trailers, and perform field tasks including weeding, raking and cleaning around farms under extreme weather conditions. This role involves heavy lifting and daily bending or stooping.

The employer provides housing and a 2-day training period to acclimate workers to physical demands and harvest methods. Meals are not provided, but housing includes cooking facilities and weekly transportation to town.

Qualifications

• Experience required: 0 months.
• Lifting up to 52 lb daily.
• Frequent bending and stooping; repetitive movements.
• 2 days training with employer prior to starting crop activities.

Responsibilities

• Harvest pecans in 5 gallon buckets and load sacks onto trailers.
• Weed pulling, raking, cleaning around farms and buildings.
• Field maintenance, camp sanitation, loading/unloading.
• Work under extreme weather conditions.

Job description

EMPLOYEES WILL GATHER AND HARVEST PECAN IN 5 GALLON BUCKETS, THEN THEY WILL FILL PECAN SACKS AND LOAD THEM ONTO TRAILERS. THEY WILL ALSO BE PULLING WEEDS, RAKING, CLEANING AREAS AROUND THE FARMS AND BUILDINGS. OTHER DUTIES MAY INCLUDE FIELD MAINTENANCE, CAMP SANITATION, LOADING AND UNLOADING. THIS WILL ALL BE DONE UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. HEAVY LIFTING, BENDING AND STOOPING WILL BE INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer does not provide meals. Employer will provide free, convenient and fully equipped with refrigerator, stove, pots, pans, utensils and counter space cooking and kitchen facilities to workers living in employer provided housing, which will enable workers to prepare their own meals. Employer will also provide free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city to buy food, banking services, Laundry services, and other necessaries.

****: Employer will provide functional laundry facilities for the workers at the housing sites. If the workers choose to go to a laundromat, employer will provide transportation to the facilities but not cover the laundering expenses.

Transport: Transportation and Subsistence will be provided, please see Addendum C.

Experience wanted: 0 months

52LB LIFTING

TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER

HEAVY BENDING AND STOOPING

REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS

2 DAY TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER. The training period for all crop activities is 2 days starting with the first day of employment to acclimate the worker to the physical demands of farm work and to familiarize workers with the job specifications and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues.