Farm Workers
Employer: Go Veggie LLC
Location: Moultrie, GA
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $12.57/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Apr 25, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops/Commodities:
Farm Work: brassicas and leafy greens.
Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays):
Plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, and pack brassicas and leafy greens by hand or using farm equipment.
Pre-harvest duties include tilling soil, planting, re-planting, cultivating, weeding, using shears, knives and other various cultivation tools. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Pull weeds or hoe weeds in the field. Install irrigation equipment, including laying and connecting pipes and hoses. Dig and maintain irrigation ditches, field roads and right-of-ways. Install or remove items required in plasticulture. Install or remove stakes, wire, netting or string using hammers, wire clippers and other tools. Remove or clean plant debris. Harvest product using tools such as knives, clippers and shears. Drive tractors and operate agricultural equipment to plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, harvest, or pack crops. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Grade, sort, wash, select, count, check, load, unload, label or pack harvested products. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Crops may be harvested and field packed. Stack boxes onto pallets, transport vehicles or trailers. Assemble cartons, crates and containers using hand tools. Grade and sort products according to specified factors and discard defective, inferior and/or foreign matter. Place acceptable products in specified containers according to grade. Clean and maintain materials, containers, fields, work areas, grounds, and equipment. Operate, repair, and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Clean fields when harvest activities are complete. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Workers who apply for and obtain an FLC or FLC employee certificate of registration with driving authorized by the USDOL Wage and Hour Division during the employment period may drive trucks or other vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers, and may be offered additional hours. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. All tractor drivers that are permitted to drive must sit in the correct positions. Only the driver may be on the tractor while it is in operation. There must not be two (or more) people sitting in the driver's seat. No hanging onto the tractor; riding on the steps of tractor; standing or riding on the hitch of the tractor; hanging or riding on any cabbage trailers; standing or riding on the tongue of the trailers; or hanging or riding on the wheel hubs. Tractor drivers may not use cell phones while driving, and the driver should not attempt to direct traffic around them or wave other drivers by. Tractor drivers should check the oil and diesel every day. This applies to all farm equipment that is used and daily activities performed.
Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides 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 pays/reimburses foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first workweek. For non-local workers, employer arranges/provides inbound transportation via common carrier mode of transportation (e.g., bus or plane) and reimburses workers for daily subsistence and reasonable lodging costs, if applicable. Use of employer-offered transportation is voluntary.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Two months of verifiable vegetable harvesting experience required. Perform prolonged walking, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, heavy lifting and carrying up to 55 lbs. repeatedly. Perform repetitive movements. Work outside in inclement weather, especially extreme cold, heat and/or wet weather for extensive periods of time. Must be 18 or older. Employer is a drug free workplace. Drug testing is conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process. Negative results are required before starting work.
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