Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Owen & Rust Farms LLC

Job Overview:

  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Number of Workers Requested: 7
  • Hours per Week: 40
  • Work Schedule: 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Job Duties:

Tobacco Work:
  • Burley Tobacco:
    • Greenhouse care
    • Setting, topping, oiling, cutting, housing, and stripping
    • Training period: 2 days (14 hours)
    • Expected to cut 100 sticks per hour (excluding dropping sticks in the field)
  • Dark Fired Tobacco:
    • Greenhouse care
    • Setting, topping, oiling, cutting, housing, and stripping
    • Cutting wood and carrying it to the barn for firing tobacco
    • Firing wooden slabs covered with sawdust to smoke the tobacco until it reaches the appropriate color
    • Removing ashes after tobacco is fired
    • Expected to cut/spike 50-60 sticks per hour
  • Air Cured Tobacco:
    • Greenhouse care
    • Setting, topping, oiling, cutting, housing, and stripping
  • Other Related Duties for All Tobacco Types:
    • Chopping weeds between plants with a hoe
    • Removing tops and suckers from plants
    • Applying side dressing
    • Training new workers for 2 days (14 working hours)
    • Expected to cut 100 sticks per hour for Burley tobacco and 50-60 sticks per hour for Dark Fired tobacco
Row Crop Work:
  • Planting, Cultivating, & Harvesting:
    • Operating farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest, and store grain crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc.
    • Attaching farm implements (plow, disc, drill) to tractor
    • Tilling soil, planting, and cultivating crops
    • Performing tasks such as husking and shelling corn, lubricating and repairing machinery, unloading grain onto conveyors, and assisting in the sale of crops
Alternative Work:
  • General Farm Maintenance:
    • Preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, dropping sticks in the field
    • Maintenance of tools and equipment
    • Fixing, clearing, and painting fences/barns
    • Performing other tasks as related to crop activities

Job Classification:

  • Code: 45-2092.00
  • Title: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements:

  • Experience: Not required
  • Physical Requirements:
    • Ability to bend, stoop, and stand for long periods
    • Physically able to perform all job duties
  • Testing and Background Checks:
    • May be required to take random drug and/or alcohol tests at no cost
    • Positive tests or non-compliance may result in immediate termination
    • May be required to submit a criminal background check at no cost
    • Felony convictions that affect the safety and living conditions on the farm may result in immediate termination
    • Non-compliance with background check requests may result in immediate termination

Work Environment:

  • Conditions: Work is performed outdoors, exposing workers to various temperatures and weather extremes (heat, rain, wind, cold, dust)
  • Environment: Exposure to moving equipment, loud noises, wetness, dust, and fumes
  • Surface Conditions: Walking on soft mud and hard, uneven surfaces

To apply for this job email your details to marty.kyle.owen@gmail.com

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