Packers and Packagers, Hand

H2ajobs; Tchula (MS); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to stores

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers for winter duties involving grain packing and marketing on farm piles and bags. Tasks include inspecting crops, sorting by color/species, conditioning, loading with augurs, weighing containers, discarding defects, monitoring grain grades, and delivering grain to markets.

English required; lifting up to 50 lbs; one month of experience; housing and meals provided; weekly transport to stores.

Qualifications

• Must be able to speak and understand English.
• One month of recent verifiable experience required.
• Be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Examine and inspect crops to ensure quality and specifications are met.
• Sort according to color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality.
• Condition grain using tools to meet quality standards.
• Load out crops using augurs, suction gates, shovels, brooms.
• Weigh crop-filled containers and record weights and identifications.
• Discard inferior, diseased, rotten, or defective crops and place acceptable products for processing.
• Monitor and report grain grades.
• Deliver grain to market facilities as ports allow.

Skills

English language

Job description

All work must be performed during winter months where crop acres are dormant due to cold weather and short daylight hours. Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties found in SOC Code 53-7064 Packers and Packagers for managing marketing of grain from on farm piles and bags such as: Examine and inspect crops to ensure that quality and specifications are met; Sort according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality; Function and monitor grain conditioning tools to ensure efficient and safe conditioning of grain to meet quality standards; Load out crops using augurs, suction gates, shovels, brooms; Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information; Discard inferior, diseased, rotten, or defective crops or foreign matter, and place acceptable products for processing; Monitor and report grain grades; Deliver grain to market facilities as ports allow; Must be able to speak and understand English.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities.

Transport: See Addendum C

Experience wanted: 1 months

One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.