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Farm Workers and Laborers-October 2024
Buffalo
Oct 24, 2026
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  Six (6) Farm Workers required for work period of April 1, 2024 to November 15, 2024. Work is located in Buffalo, WV. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working on a diversified vegetable crop farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Plants, cultivates and harvests vegetables and hay. Works on planter, plants roots, seeds and bulbs. May spread plastic or other groundcovering. Weeds, thins plants. Transplants plants, riding on transplanter or by hand. May set poles and wires for vine plants. Picks, cuts, lifts, or pulls crop to harvest them. May assist with irrigation. May operate and help maintain tractors or hand-operated equipment. May assist with general farm building maintenance. Crops grown on the farm include greenhouse plants, hay, vegetables (including sweet corn, melons, beans, cucumbers, peppers) tomatoes, and pumpkins. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, mulching, transplanting, mowing, and watering in seasonal holding houses. Count and inventory plants. Workers must be physically able to perform seeding, planting, mowing and heavy lifting. Considerable stooping and kneeling is required. Workers will operate tractors, mowing machines and balers to mow, cut and bale hay. Workers will load and stack bales onto a moving trailer and reload/restack the bales for storage. Workers must be able to repeatedly bend, stoop and lift 30-60 pound bales throughout a workday. Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer will make all deductions required by law (e.g., FICA, federal/state tax withholdings, court-ordered child support, etc.). Workers must pre-authorize voluntary deductions, which may include repayment of advances and/or loans, health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions, and/or payment of cell phone, cable/satellite TV, internet or other service(s) for worker's convenience and benefit. All deductions will comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and applicable state law. Housing provided only to non-local workers (i.e. permanent residence outside normal commuting distance). Only workers may occupy housing. Employer provides separate sleeping and bathroom facilities for each gender. Employer possesses and controls premises at all times. Workers must vacate housing promptly at end of contract period or upon termination, in accordance with state law. Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). An icipated 6 days and 46 hours of work per week Monday thru Saturday.

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