Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop
Employer: MG Growers Association Inc
Location: Pearson, GA
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $12.57/hour
Season: Jan 11, 2027 – Nov 11, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops/Commodities: Blueberries, Blackberries
Workers will perform general farmwork duties, including cultivating, pruning, maintaining, and hand-harvesting berry crops according to quality standards. Duties include spreading and removing ground covers; monitoring crop growth; harvesting, loading, and transporting berries; and installing, moving, maintaining, and removing irrigation systems, pipes, and water lines. Workers will dig and maintain ditches and install and remove levee gates. Workers may operate agricultural equipment to assist with soil preparation, planting, cultivating, and harvesting, and will perform routine equipment maintenance and cleaning. Chicken coop house work cleaning/monitoring and cleaning.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers residing in employer-provided housing will be provided free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Transport: 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 (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.
Experience wanted: 2 months
2 months of experience required. Employer requires all newly-hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid background check. All background checks are conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Workers are not permitted to be under the influence of intoxicants of any kind during working hours. All employees are subject to employer-paid, post-hire drug testing. Any employee who declines to take or fails this drug test will be terminated and paid for all hours worked, if any.
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