Pecan Orchard Worker

H2ajobs; Leland (MS); Vor Ort; USD 15.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transportation reimbursement after 50%

Zusammenfassung

H2ajobs in Mississippi seeks workers for harvesting, drying, packing, and storing mature pecans and for managing orchards. Duties include using hand tools and equipment to harvest, run carts and conveyors, prune trees, control pests, and keep harvest records.

The position may involve varying weather conditions and requires a driver license within 30 days of hire; basic English literacy is required. Housing and meals are provided, with potential travel reimbursement after 50% of the contract.

Qualifikationen

• Experience wanted: 2 months.
• Mandatory driver license within 30 days of hire.
• Basic English literacy required.

Aufgaben

• Harvest pecans using hand tools, push propelled pickers, and harvesting equipment.
• Perform orchard maintenance including pruning, pest control, and grounds upkeep.
• Unload, pack, and store harvested pecans; monitor orchards for pests and weather conditions.

Kenntnisse

Driver's license

Basic English literacy

Jobbeschreibung

Position involves the harvesting, drying, packing, and storage of mature pecans as well as orchard management. Job will require workers using hand tools, push propelled pickers, sheets, and other orchard equipment to harvest pecans; operating dump carts, shakers, sweepers, harvesters, hedgers, and pecan carts; hedging, clearing the debris from, thinning and pruning pecan trees; performing orchard maintenance which includes pest control and grounds upkeep; cleaning and performing maintenance on harvest, drying, and storage equipment; stacking harvested product in assigned areas; grading and sanitizing pecans; monitoring orchards daily for pests; keeping harvesting records for harvest area identification in the event of contamination; planting tree seedlings; transplanting; weeding; covering harvesting pecans; loading, unloading, packing, and unpacking harvested pecans (conveyor belts, loading machines, separators, cleaners, dryers, sorting machine, trucks etc). Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient kitchen and cooking facilities to prepare meals. The workers will be allowed time to drive themselves or will be transported to a store or market to purchase their own food and cooking supplies. Employer provided housing contains a refrigerator, stove, oven, and operational sink with hot and cold water under pressure. In the event that the workers are unable to prepare meals at the housing location, the employer will provide three sufficient meals a day free of charge.

Transport: After worker has completed 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of employment. Employee transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or own vehicle; whichever is most economical. The employer will properly reimburse employees for such travel as defined in 20 CFR 655.122(h). Continued in Addendum C.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy skills are required. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions and extensive sitting, walking, stooping, bending, or repetitive movements. Random drug testing and criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers. Positive drug test results or refusal to comply with testing may result in termination of employment. If the employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that the employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers, the employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to OFLC and DHS in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(n).