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| Job ID: 13982439 |
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| How to Apply: | To see employer contact information, log in or register. |
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| Job Title: | Farmworkers (Sod) |
| Work Type: | Work Days: Weekdays, Saturday, Work Vary: No , Shift: First (Day), Hours Per Week: 40, Work Type: Regular or Temporary |
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| Salary Offered: | Minimum $18.50 Hourly |
| Benefits: | Unspecified. |
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| Physical Required: | No |
| Drug Testing Required: | No |
| Education Required: | Less than High School Diploma/GED |
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| Experience Required: | Unspecified |
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| Required Skills: | 3 months verifiable experience working on a commercial sod farm, and operating 50+HP Sod harvester and other manual equipment.
Must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers.
Valid driver's license.
Pass random drug test post hire at no cost to the applicant.
Able to lift/carry 60 lbs.
Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order.
Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time.
No minimum education required. |
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| Driver's License: | Class D Required |
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| Job Description: |
Need 7 full time, temporary, seasonal Farmworkers to work in Harris, MN.
From: 03/31/2024 to 12/11/2024
Work: 40 hrs./week, Mon.-Fri. 7 hrs./day, Sat. 5 hrs./day, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Start and End times of work may vary depending on weather and crop condition. Workers may be requested but not required to work 12+ hours/day or Federal Holidays or their Sabbath.
As required in Minnesota, all hours worked in excess of 48 hours in a work week will be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate of pay.
Must Apply By: 08/06/2024
JOB DESCRIPTION: Sod: Perform various activities associated with growing grass and sod at a commercial turf grass nursery. These activities will be performed exclusively in an outdoor environment. Aid in soil preparation. Will be sodding large areas, sow grass seed, plant plugs of sod grass, cuts, rolls, and stacks sod in accordance with supervisor’s instructions. Weed, hoe and propagate. Water, fertilize, spray, monitor, trim, weed, cut, roll, stack, load, transport, and discard sod. Operate mowing equipment or drive a tractor pulling a wagon through the field or between fields. Bag certified grass seed. Perform any other activities associated with growing grass and sod in a nursery. Workers will operate trucks, forklifts, and tractors. Tractors will drag, tow, lift sod specific equipment through the fields. Workers will work with sod harvesting equipment. Workers will work with sod planting equipment. Load and unload empty pallets by hand.
Straw: Workers must load hay bales weighting up to 60 lbs. from farm to tractor-trailers via a conveyor. Stacks hay on conveyor and restack in trailer according to instructions. Hay harvested is dropped at end of conveyor. Using hay hooks, worker places bales on conveyor while other workers in the barn stack hay in hay/mow according to direction. Hay and straw harvested averages about 2500 bales per day.
Corn, Beans & Wheat: Workers will perform a variety of manual tasks appropriate for grain crops being planted cultivated and harvested. Workers will help in preparing the land for planting. This may include attaching farm implements such as a plow, disc, and drill to tractor. May drive a tractor in field to till soil in preparation of planting. Worker may apply various types of fertilizer to the soil and plants. These bags can weigh 75 lbs. Workers may cultivate and thin crops using a hoe. Workers will remove undesirable and excess growth, such as tassel, suckers, and weeds by hand. Carries supplies such as bags and bailing wires to the fields. Clears irrigation ditches, using shovel. Workers may husk and shell corn. Loads and unloads trucks, unloads grain onto conveyors to storage bins or elevators. Cleans and lubricates farm machines.
Clean fields of rocks, roots, limbs, stumps, and trees. Miscellaneous cleaning and debris removal from fields and farm.
Irrigation: Workers will be required to use both center pivot and traveling gun irrigation systems, diesel, and electric irrigation pumps. Bagging of sand with shovels will be required and cleaning of debris from dams and suction lines.
General Maintenance: Workers will be responsible for performing general maintenance around the farm. This will include fence mending, mowing, and weeding eating. Workers will repair and paint buildings to ensure they are in good repair.
Farm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate tractors, bobcats, mowers, weed eaters and other farm equipment during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. Properly licensed workers will driver employer's vehicles on public roads.
Trucks: Workers will be required to use drive field trucks in and around the farm to accomplish tasks in a supportive role to tractors and equipment. This sometimes required them to transport on non-private streets and highways.
During certain duties, workers may be required to work in teams to accomplish a certain task. When engage in teamwork activities workers must coordinate with other members of the team to accomplish the task.
JOB REQUIREMENTS: 3 months verifiable experience working on a commercial sod farm, and operating 50+HP Sod harvester and other manual equipment; able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers; valid driver's license; able to lift/carry 60 lbs.; must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order; must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time; possible random drug test post hire at no cost to the applicant, and testing positive or failure to comply will result in immediate termination. No minimum education required.
EMPLOYER ASSURANCES: Work guaranteed for 3/4 of contract period, starting with date of arrival at work site. Employer provides free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts. Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Mail or Fax resume showing work experience to:
MN DEED/FLC, Attn: H-2A#24-266, JO#13982439
180 E. 5th St., Suite 1200, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678
FAX: 651-297-7722
CALL: Mary Garcia, FLC Coordinator 651-259-7513
Must have proof of legal authority to work in U.S.
Refer to ID H-2A #24-266 when applying |
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