Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

H2ajobs; Dunn (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to stores

Job summary

H2ajobs is hiring farm workers to grade, sort, and package sweet potatoes on our North Carolina farm. Tasks include packing, shipping, labeling, loading, harvesting, and operating basic farm equipment.

Workers will walk rows, lift up to 75 lbs, and work outdoors in all weather. Housing and meals are provided; transportation to stores may be arranged. Prior crop experience is helpful; training is provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs.
• Walk along rows and perform repetitive manual tasks.
• Work outdoors in all weather.
• Must have at least one month verifiable prior farm work.

Responsibilities

• Grade, sort, and package sweet potatoes.
• Pack, label, and ship potatoes.
• Operate forklift or pallet jack as required.
• Load and unload crops and farm materials.
• Maintain sanitation and cleanliness.
• Direct and monitor casual help during planting and harvesting.

Job description

Grade, sort, and package sweet potatoes grown on the farm. Workers may work in packing, shipping, maintenance, box or food safety departments. Workers stack, weigh and dump produce. May hand-fill boxes or bags with produce. May label or tag produce. Make boxes. Create and follow load tickets and other forms. Prepare inventory, logs and reports. Perform sanitation duties. May operate forklift or pallet jack. Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Prepare soil for planting, plant, transplant, cultivate and harvest crops. Load and unload crops and farm materials. May operate and perform minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements and equipment. May repair fences, greenhouses and other farm buildings and structures. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer's fields) during the workday. May operate light truck, van, or bus off the farm and over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from place to place, such as to the grocery store, bank, government agencies, medical or dental offices and so forth. May operate truck to transport crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment, then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver's license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

Sweet potatoes: Sweet potato plant pullers will stoop, bend and kneel to pull sweet potato plants from beds, exercising care in selecting plants of appropriate size as specified by supervisor. Selected plants will be boxed in an orderly fashion in field crates and crates windrowed and loaded on trailers for transport. May ride mechanical transplanter. May walk behind transplanter to reset missing plants. Sweet potato transplanting will be paid hourly. Sweet potato harvest workers will walk along row that has been previously plowed. Workers will stoop, bend and kneel to pick up sweet potatoes using hands and fingers to dig out unexposed potatoes. Workers may grade in the field separating #1 'sand #2's into separated 5/8 field hampers. Canners, when harvested, will be placed into a separate bin. Damaged or diseased potatoes will not be harvested. Worker will be required to stay on assigned row. Full hampers weighing up 35 lbs. will be carried to truck row to be loaded onto truck or trailer. Workers may be required to ride mechanical harvester. Workers may be required to perform other duties as required by the employer. Hand harvesting sweet potatoes will be paid hourly.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own

meals.

Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week, the employer will provide (on a voluntary basis)

transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. These board arrangements apply only

to workers living in employer-provided housing. Empleador proporcionara instalaciones de cocina gratis y

conveniente para los trabajadores viviendo en la vivienda proporcionada para que los trabajadores pueden

prepararse su propia comida. Tranporte gratuito en un vehículo sera proporcionado al menos una vez cada

semana por los trabajadores para comprar sus propios alimentos. Estos arreglos applicar solamente a

trabajadores que viven en la vivienda provistos por el empleador.

Transport: Inbound transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed at the end of the first work week. The employer will provide or pay for

charter bus or van or other modes of outbound transportation to groups of workers, 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. Mode of transportation to be arranged by the employer is unknown.

Experience wanted: 1 months

May need to: Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather.

Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or

testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative

result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Must not hinder another workers

productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work

related calls or

emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires one month verifiable prior work experience in the crop

activities listed.