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Arkansas Employer Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse in Newport, Arkansas
This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4631237
Seasonal and Temporary Work 3/01/26-11/15/26
Record information about crops such as pesticide use, yields, or costs; Participate\ in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops including receiving and drying as well\ as shoveling; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; Set up, repair, maintain,\ and operate irrigation equipment by laying pipe, walking length of pipe to puncture holes at set intervals, clear and\ maintain ditches, operate well motors and pivots, drain excess water from fields, monitor fields to ensure adequate\ water supply; Inform farm managers of crop progress; Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled\ machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) such as sprayer, combine, cotton picker, backhoe, mower, trackhoe,\ tillage tool to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops such as soybeans, rice, corn,\ cotton; Load inputs and drive trucks to transport to employers fields, load employers crops and drive trucks to\ transport to fields and storage facilities such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags in close proximity to the farm; Clean\ work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping; Regulate conditions; Change combine head; Rough fields using\ hand tools to remove undesirable plants, trash, etc.; Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; form levees;\ Set and remove levee gates, put in spillways; Mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter or sprayer\ machinery; Attach implements using hand tools; Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines,\ discard rotten items and spoiled grain; Operate augurs and conveyers; Monitor moisture levels and prepare scale\ tickets; Organize operational areas and shops; speak and understand English.
Two (2) months of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to\ obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50\ lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing\ positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.
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