FARMWORKERS

DS HARVESTING LLC; Claxton (GA); On-site; USD 14,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing: Rental or public accomomod —?

Meals: 3 meals per day from local-catr

Transport: Reimbursement for most cost

Job summary

H2ajobs seeks workers to prepare soil for onion seed beds, including compost and manure application, to promote strong leaf and root growth. You will unpack seed, select plants, inspect irrigation, pull weeds, and pick onions by hand, placing them into 5-gallon buckets for weighing.

Mandarins are picked by hand and bucketed by size and maturity, with daily meals and housing options provided; 35-hour weeks, $12.57 per hour, ability to lift 50 lbs, and tools supplied.

Responsibilities

• Prep soil for onion seed beds using aged compost, pasteurized manure or organic fertilizer to provide nutrients.
• Unpack and separate onion seed and select the best for planting.
• Check irrigation lines and repair leaks to ensure proper field irrigation.
• Pull weeds, clean fields, and harvest onions by hand according to size/color/maturity.
• Place onions into 5-gallon buckets and transport filled buckets to the field weighers.
• Harvest mandarins by hand, sort by shape/color/maturity, and bucket for weighing.
• Work period as required; must be available for whole period; lift up to 50 lbs; tools provided.

Job description

THE WORKERS WILL BE PREPPING THE SOIL FOR THE ONION SEED BEDS, SUCH AS INCORPORATED AGED COMPOST, PASTEURIZED MANURE, OR ORGANIC FERTILIZER TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS LIKE NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM FOR STRONG LEAF AND ROOT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL UNPACK AND SEPARATE ONIONS SEED AND SELECT THE BETTER TO PLANTING, CHECK THE IRRIGATION LINES AND REPAIRING LEAKS IN THE IRRIGATION LINES PULLING WEEDS CLEANING FIELDS AND PICK THE ONIONS BY HAND ACCORDING TO SHAPE, COLOR OR MADURITY LEVEL AND PLACING THE ONIONS INTO 5 GALLON BUCKETS AND CARRING THE FULLY BUCKETS TO THE WEIGHER IN THE FIELDS.

THE WORKERS WILL BE PICKING MANDARINS BY HAND ACCORDING TO SHAPE, COLOR, MATURITY LEVEL AND PLACING THE FRUIT INTO 5 GALLON BUCKETS AND CARRYING THE FULLY BUCKETS TO THE WEIGHER IN THE FIELDS, WORKERS MUST BE AVAILABLE TO WORK FOR THE INTIRE WORK PERIOD.WORKERS MUST HAVE GOOD HAND AND EYE COORDINATION. OTHER DUTIES MAY INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO FIELD MAINTENANCE, LAYING MULCH IN THE FIELDS, REPARING IRRIGATION LINES, AND PRUNING FRUIT TREES, PAY RATE OF $12.57 PER HOUR; 35 HOURS PER WEEK MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 50 LBS ALL TOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE WORKERS

Benefits

• Housing: Rental or public accommodations
• Meals: WORKERS WILL PROVIDE 3 MEALS PER DAY FROM A LOCAL CATERER WHO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH.
• THE EMPLOYER WILL CHARGE FOR SUCH MEALS $16.28 PER WORKER PER MEAL
• Transport: THE WORKERS WI;; BE PAYING FOR THE INBOUND TRANSPORATION/PERMITTING THE WORKERS SELECT ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION THEY CHOSE AND REIMBURSE WORKERS AT NO LESS THAN TGE MOST ECONOMICAL COST AND REASONABLE COMMON CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CHARGES FOR THE DISTANCE INVOLVED, ALSO THE EMPLOYER WILL BE PAYING FOR THE CHARTER BUS SERVICE FOR THEIR OUTBOUND TRANSPORTATION FOR THE DISTANCE INVOLVED.

Experience wanted: 0 months

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