Farm Worker Labor
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Job overview
Asa Phillips is hiring a Farm Worker Labor. The Farm Worker Labor position involves various agricultural tasks including greenhouse work, tobacco cultivation, and diversified crops like hemp. Responsibilities range from seeding and cleaning plant trays to planting, harvesting, and processing tobacco. Workers will also handle general farm duties such as weeding and equipment maintenance. The employer provides all necessary tools and supplies.
Key focus areas include Seed plant trays in the greenhouse, Clean and wash plant trays, and Apply water and fertilizers to plants.
Skills & qualifications
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
2 months
Expected Start Date
09/20/2026
Compensation
$13.94 - $13.94
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
10
Job Description
The employer will furnish, without charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required in the performance of the specified work. Workers will be charged for any willful damage or loss of such tools and equipment.
Greenhouse:
Workers may seed plant trays.
Workers may clean and wash plant trays.
Workers may apply water and fertilizers to plants in trays.
Workers may clip and mow plants.
Workers may load plant trays onto trucks and wagons.
Setting Tobacco:
Workers may ride setting machine to plant tobacco.
Workers may plant by hand.
Workers may load plant trays onto equipment for setting.
Workers may stack and remove trays from fields.
Workers may prepare fields for planting.
Workers may reset missing plants by hand.
Top/Oil Tobacco.
Workers may pull suckers from plants.
Workers may break tops & bad leaves from plants.
Workers may apply oils to tops of plants.
Workers may care for seed plants before, during and at harvest time for seeds.
Workers may collect seeds from tops of plants and prepare for cleaning and storage.
Cutting Tobacco:
Workers will cut ripe plants off at the ground using tobacco knife and spear stalk over metal spear on to a wooden stick (stick is 48? long, one end is stuck in the ground and metal spear is placed on other end).
Workers will drop sticks in standing tobacco, before cutting, by hand or by machine.
Workers will transfer loaded sticks from ground to wagon or trailer in an orderly fashion. Industry standard is six (6) plants per stick. (Stick and plants may weigh up to 80 pounds)
Housing Tobacco:
Workers will transfer loaded stick from wagon or trailer to other workers standing on rails in the tobacco barn. Workers standing on rails will either hang sticks between rails and separate plants or transfer to another worker standing on the rails above them (rails may be 48? apart and from 6 feet to 40 feet above ground).
Stripping Tobacco:
Workers may place wood & sawdust in barns for curing process.
Workers will remove tobacco from rails in the barn and transport tobacco to stripping room.
Workers will pull leaves from plant stalks by hand and place in bailing machine.
Workers will operate bailing machine and may be asked to separate leaves into two (2) or more quality grades of tobacco prior to bailing.
Diversified Crops: hemp,
Workers may fill planters with seed from bags, by hand.
Workers may use equipment to plant seeds.
Workers may load and unload seed bags from trucks.
Workers may transport harvested crops for storage.
Workers may clean and prepare equipment and tools.
Workers may prepare fields for next crop.
Workers may pick up bales from fields and place on trucks, wagons for shipping.
Workers may clean and prepare fields for next crop season.
Other Related Duties:
Workers may chop weeds from between plants with a hoe.
Workers may remove tops and suckers from plants and apply side dressing.
Job Type
Full time - temporary
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
097568
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