Nursery & Field Crop Workers

JOB DOES NOT START UNTIL March 20, 2012.
APPLICANT SHOULD RECEIVE A COPY OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND JOB REFERRAL BEFORE CALLING THE CONTACT. Workers should be physically able to meet and perform the work outlined in the contract for the entire period of time from 03/20/12 to 11/10/12. Workers must be able to lift 40 to 75 pounds for extended periods of time. Wages are paid weekly. The employer guarantees to offer a least 3/4 of the hours listed and pay the adverse effect wage rate. For Kentucky the rate is $9.38 per hour for 2012. Worker's compensation insurance will be provided. The employer must provide free housing and three meals a day or furnish free convenient cooking kitchen facilities to all workers who are not reasonably able to return to their residence the same day. If the employer elects to provide meals, a maximum of $10.73 per day may be charged to the employee.
Nursery & Produce Work:
Workers may stake and tie plants by hand.
Workers may clip or prune plants and vines & fruit trees.
Workers may pick mature produce by hand and box for shipping.
Workers may load and unload trucks and wagons for shipping.
Workers may use equipment to prepare fields next crop.
Workers may carry full boxes of produce from fields to wagons or trucks.
Workers may apply fertilizers or water to plants.
Greenhouse Work.
Workers may clean greenhouse, seed plant trays, prepare plants for transplanting.
Tools and Equipment:
The employer will furnish, without charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required in the performance of the specified work.
Alternative Work
Alternative work includes: preparing sheds, draining fields, preparing land for planting, maintenance of tools and equipment, and other work that is directly related to growing nursery products. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities stated above.

Workers may be asked to submit to random drug and alcohol testing post hire at no cost to workers.

May be required to submit a criminal background check at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the
farm will result in immediate termination