Farmworker

H2ajobs; Springfield (LA); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation provided

Job summary

H2ajobs in Louisiana is seeking agricultural workers to operate large farm equipment, perform maintenance, transplant crops, and support irrigation and field operations.

The role includes sanitation duties, tool use, and routine field checks; housing, meals, and transportation are provided; the work involves varying duties and locations as needed.

Qualifications

• 0 months experience required.

Responsibilities

• Operate large farm equipment including tractors, sprayers, and combines to prepare and maintain land and irrigate, fertilize, cultivate, plant, harvest, load, and transport row crops.
• Repair and maintenance on farm equipment as needed.
• Use hand tools for farming tasks (shovels, trowels, hoes, etc.).
• Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops; apply pesticides.
• Assist irrigation activities and manage field water supply as described.
• Maintain sanitation standards and facilities per OSHA guidelines.
• Mow grass around fields and farm shop locations; dig drainage channels.

Job description

Duties

• operation of large farm equipment including, but not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, and combines to prepare and maintain land and irrigate, fertilize, cultivate, plant, harvest, load, and transport row crops
• also perform repair and maintenance on farm equipment when required
• Use hand tools, such as but not limited to shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives
• Transplant, weed, thin and prune crops; apply pesticides
• Participate in irrigation activities such as maintaining, repairing, and operating irrigation equipment, set up and/or maintain a ridge of earth around fields to maintain an adequate water supply, drain excess water from fields; create openings for drainage overfill; walk each field to check for standing water
• Perform sanitation duties that will include removing trash or debris from work areas, farm buildings, and fields; assist in upkeep of sanitation standards required by OSHA such as changing water quality throughout the day; toilets clean; hand-washing facilities refilled with potable water as necessary, and proper disposal of trash or garbage from the facilities
• Mow grass around fields and around farm shop locations; dig ditches or channels for drainage or seedlings
• Construct trellises, repair farm buildings, or other structures as well as using hand tools to perform maintenance or repairs to fencing (barrier, railing, or other upright structure) around fields and around farm
• Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress
• There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions.
• All other duties, if assigned, will be duties as per SOC/OES Occupation Code (onetonline.org)

Housing

• Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals

• The employer will at all times provide free kitchen facilities to workers so they may prepare their own meals (e.g., breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.). The employer will provide transportation, as described in Section F, Item 1 of the ETA-790, to the worker, at no cost, to grocery/market facilities to assure they can purchase groceries and other incidentals.

Transport

• Employer will provide or pay for inbound/outbound transportation to and from the workers home country will be an airplane, charter bus, employer-operated vehicle, or other common means depending on the worker's country or State of origin or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. Workers outside the area of intended employment,

Experience Wanted

0 months

Drug Test and Termination Policy

Once hired worker may be required to submit to a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. The employer may terminate a worker if a worker: refuses without justified cause to perform work for which the worker was recruited and hired; or commits a serious act of misconduct; or fails, after completing any training to be able to perform all of the tasks described in the job order. If the worker voluntarily abandons employment before the end of the contract period or is terminated for cause, and the employer notifies the SWA, DOL, and USCIS in the case of an H2A worker, the employer will not be responsible for providing or paying for the subsequent transportation and subsistence expenses of that worker, and the worker is not entitled to the three-fourths guarantee.