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