H-2A · Agriculture

Farmworker

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Jeremiah L Jauer

Hinton, IA — United States

Job duties

Official text in English.

We farm 300 acres of corn, 300 acres of soybeans, and tend to 600 acres of pasture. We also have 170 cow/calf pairs. Employees will haul corn, haul beans, apply fall fertilizer, apply lime fertilizer, and apply herbicide. Employees will have cattle duties during winter months as our cow/calf operation starts. The calves are weaned late fall and brought home to the feedlot. Employees will be feeding these calves and cows during the confined period. Cow/calves are only confined during the winter months. In January and February, the calves are sold. The cows are then released to pasture, which relieves us of operational duties until the next calving season, no feeding is needed while in pastures. Employees will assist with all aspects of growing/harvesting these crops, and complete general farm duties as assigned. Employees will need to complete routine repairs and maintenance on equipment. Employees will drive semi-trucks to haul commodities. Employer may provide pay increases for performance and experience at employer’s discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion. Returning workers and experienced workers may be paid a higher wage at the employer's discretion.

Requirements

Job requires extensive pushing, pulling and repetitive movements. Employer will conduct post-hire, random drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires a regular drivers license and employee must have an active class A CDL license or be able to obtain in 30 days. Require 3 months experience. Workers will be paid at a rate of 1.5 times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a workweek. The worker must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

Housing

Family housing not available. Housing will be clean & meet applicable Fed, State &local housing standards. Workers must maintain neat & clean housing. Housing/utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to place of residence the same day. If both male & female workers are hired: separate toilet, bathing and sleeping rooms will be provided.

Transportation

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.

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