Farmworker
Employer: Niemeier Farms
Location: McGregor, TX
Workers needed: 1
Pay: $16.24/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Nov 1, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Employees will perform field and equipment operations across Corn, Wheat, Oats, Sorghum, Cotton, and Canola, with SOC 45-2091 accounting for 75% of the work and SOC 45-2093 accounting for 25% of the work. Under SOC 45-2091, employees will prepare fields for planting using tractors and attached tillage equipment, then connect plows, discs, planters, sprayers, harvesters, and other implements to tractors so they can operate tractors, seed drills, planters, sprayers, combines, and other agricultural machinery in support of planting, cultivating, weeding, spraying, and harvesting the listed crops. They will apply fertilizer or crop treatments using the equipment specified for the operation, load or unload crops and farm materials with conveyors, augers, forklifts, or hand tools, and feed crops or materials into hoppers, conveyors, and agricultural processing equipment while monitoring product movement through equipment and removing damaged products or obstructions. As each task is carried out, they will set equipment controls, adjust operating mechanisms, watch and listen for equipment problems, and report malfunctions, and they will drive farm trucks or semi-trucks as specifically assigned to move crops, tools, and supplies. They will also inspect equipment, perform routine servicing, lubrication, adjustments, minor repairs, and complete routine repairs and maintenance on equipment, while recording agricultural work completed and other required operating information. In addition, under SOC 45-2093, employees will repair fences, gates, livestock enclosures, and watering systems. Overtime will be paid at same as regular rate.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g. adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will 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.
Experience wanted: 0 months
Job requires frequent stooping or bending over. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state).
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