Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop
Employer: O'Rea and Sons Harvesting and Hauling, Inc.
Location: Glennville, GA
Workers needed: 125
Pay: $12.57/hour
Season: Nov 1, 2026 – Jul 20, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Plant onions and melons. Hand-harvest onions, satsuma oranges, lemons and melons. Transplant and hand-harvest sweet potatoes. Grade, sort, package sweet potatoes grown on the farm at on-farm packing shed. Pull plastic. May prune satsuma and lemon trees and pick up trimmings. May cover trees for winter protection. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. May operate and perform minor maintenance on farm vehicles or equipment. May repair fences, greenhouses, farm buildings and other structures, or perform irrigation activities. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. All workers are required to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly important when touching crops for human consumption. Workers are required to cleanse their hands by washing thoroughly with soap and water before entering field for harvest activities and after each break. Smoking and the use of tobacco products prohibited during working time.
Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and knives. Clip top stem and bottom roots off of onions with shears as instructed by supervisor and fill a five gallon bucket. Lift and dump full five gallon bucket into bin. Pick up any loose or dropped onions and place back into bucket being careful not to drop from a height greater than eight inches at any time.
Melons: Workers will walk along rows and cut melons for harvest according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity by using a knife. May carry harvested melons to field truck and load melons on truck or trailer by hand. May unload and pack harvested melons at on-farm packing shed. Workers will not haul or pack melons at a remote shed off the farm.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week, the employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. These board arrangements apply only to workers living in employer-provided housing. Empleador proporcionara instalaciones de cocina gratis y conveniente para los trabajadores viviendo en la vivienda proporcionada para que los trabajadores pueden prepararse su propia comida. Tranporte gratuito en un vehculo sera proporcionado al menos una vez cada semana por los trabajadores para comprar sus propios alimentos. Estos arreglos applicar solamente a trabajadores que viven en la vivienda provistos por el empleador.
Transport: Inbound transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed at the end of the first work week. The employer will provide or pay for charter bus or van or other modes of inbound and outbound transportation to groups of workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. Mode of transportation to be arranged by the employer is unknown.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping and reaching. The use or possession or being under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol during working time is prohibited. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result required before starting work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in field. Must not hinder another workers productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires two months verifiable farm worker experience in the crop activities listed. Must commit to work entire contract period.
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