Farmworkers and Laborers
Employer: Great Southern Farms, LLC (Petition 1)
Location: Richton, MS
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $15.04/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Sep 15, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Must be bilingual and speak fluent English and Spanish, experience with Agricultural Payroll software. May operate farm equipment, vehicles, tractors and other implements. Will also manually plant, cultivate, harvest blueberries. Prune blueberry bushes using pruning shears and loppers. May be given a picking card which he will keep throughout the workday. Workers may receive a hooked belt and carry 2– 1-gallon picking buckets as they move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, placing them in the bucket. Must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit. When buckets are filled worker will take to get punches their picking card. Harvest by use of mechanical equipment, load and transport blueberries to processing shed. Use hand tools, shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives, and baskets as needed. Inspect field irrigation systems, replace damaged pipes, valves, water jets, sprinklers, etc. using necessary equipment. May also drive and operate tractors, sprayer, bush hog, spreader (mulch), blueberry pruner, Blueberry Harvester, Handheld pruners. May construct trellises, repair farm fences & existing buildings, replace damaged posts using wire stretchers, hammers, paint, brushes, etc. Load mulch on trailer and move to fields, unload and spread mulch around plants as needed. Inspect the field to maintain a 3 to 5 foot weed free strip between rows by removing weeds, grass, etc. Duties may include tilling soil, applying fertilizers and pesticides, clean, load harvested products, post-harvest clean-up & other related activities. Will be trained on applying fertilizers and pesticides. Inspect bushes for damage, disease or insect infestation and remove or replace as directed by farm manager. Clean, adjust and do minor repairs to machinery and implements, oiling moving parts and replacing damaged parts. May operate the company’s vehicles to transport workers from/to housing to fields and grocery store.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will provide housing with a free, convenient, and fully equipped kitchen facilities with refrigerator, stove, pots, pans, utensils and counter space for cooking, that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities will include dishwashing facilities with adequate sinks that have hot and cold water under pressure that are in working conditions to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will also provide free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city to buy food, banking services, and other necessaries. Transportation will be in an approved bus/van/car/truck at no cost to workers.
Transport: Inbound: Employer will provide and pay for lodging in consulate city, a charter bus/van/car/truck/public transportation or plane (travel insurance may be required), to the place of employment from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Employer may conduct criminal background checks on all new applicants for employment. Must have 3 months experience in pruning blueberries & in Agricultural Payroll software and is recommended that you have experience with Agricultural Equipment and knowledge of Agricultural Field work due to safety reasons related to possible equipment injury, heat stroke possibility, and food safety. Must be bilingual. Valid Drivers License required to operate the companys vehicles. Must be 18 years or older. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. The majority of the day is spent on ones feet and outdoors and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold and natural elements. Workers must be able to stand, sit, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from waist), push, pull, reach, lift and carry items from 5 to 30 pounds in the course of performing required activities.
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