H-2A · Agriculture

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products

Kornegay Family Produce, LLC

Princeton, NC — United States

Job duties

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Grade, sort, and package sweet potatoes grown on the farm. Workers may work in packing, shipping, maintenance, box or food safety departments. Workers stack, weigh and dump produce. May hand-fill boxes or bags with produce. May label or tag produce. Make boxes. Create and follow load tickets and other forms. Prepare inventory, logs and reports. Perform sanitation duties. May operate forklift or pallet jack. Load and unload crops and farm materials. May operate and perform minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements and equipment. May repair fences, greenhouses and other farm buildings and structures. Perform packing shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields) during the workday. May operate light truck, van, or bus off the farm and over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from place to place, such as to the grocery store, bank, government agencies, medical or dental offices and so forth. May operate truck to transport crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

Requirements

Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must not hinder another workers productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires one month verifiable farmworker experience in the crop activities listed. Must commit to work the entire contract period. Workers are expected to perform any of the listed duties and work assigned each day by the employer and/or workers supervisor.

Housing

Housing is group housing. If a female worker is hired, separate toilet, shower, and sleeping room will be provided. Family housing is not available and the provision of family housing is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. La vivienda es para grupo. Si se contrata a una trabajadora, se proporcionarn bao, ducha y habitacin separadas. Vivienda para toda la familia no es disponible y la provisin de casa para toda una familia no es imperante para el rea de traba

Transportation

Inbound transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed at the end of the first work week. The employer will provide or pay for charter bus or van or other modes of inbound and outbound transportation to groups of workers, or 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. Mode of transportation to be arranged by the employer is unknown.

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