Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Greenville, KYFull-time$13.94/hrPosted 4mo agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Nathan Lovell is hiring a Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Nathan Lovell is seeking a Farmworker and Laborer to assist with crop, nursery, and greenhouse duties. Responsibilities include nursery care, trimming, storing, and peeling tobacco, as well as cutting weeds and applying fertilizer. The role also involves land preparation, operating tillage equipment for forage, and driving farm machinery for row crops and fruit/vegetable production. General farm maintenance and other related duties are also part of the job.
Key focus areas include Perform nursery care, laying, trimming, top trimming, storing and greasing and peeling for Burley Tobacco, Cut 100 sticks of Burley Tobacco per hour after training, and Cut weeds between plants with a hoe for Burley Tobacco.
Important skills include Nursery Care, Laying, Trimming, Storing, Greasing, and Peeling.
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Expected Start Date
08/01/2026
Compensation
$13.94 - $13.94
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Job Description
Skill Level 1
Burley Tobacco: Duties include, but not limited to: Nursery care, laying, trimming, top trimming, storing and greasing and peeling. Workers will be trained for a period of two days (14 hours) after which the worker is expected to cut 100 sticks per hour - does not include dropped sticks. Other related jobs and duties may include cutting weeds between plants with a hoe: removing tops and shoots from plants, applying fertilizer (side dressing). Dark Fired Tobacco: Duties include but are not limited to: Nursery removal, placing, cutting buffers/greasing, cutting, storing and peeling. Workers will be required to cut wood and haul it to the barn to burn the tobacco. Wooden boards covered with sawdust are placed under the tobacco that is hanging in the barn. The boards are burned to smoke the tobacco and this is repeated until the tobacco reaches the appropriate color. Workers will remove the ashes that remain after the tobacco is burned. The worker is required to cut 50-60 sticks per hour. Air Cured Tobacco: Duties include but are not limited to: Nursery care, placing, cutting buffers/greasing, cutting, storing and peeling. Other Related Duties for All Types of Tobacco: Workers will cut the weeds between the plants with a pick or shovel; cutting tops and suckers on plants, and applying fertilizer.
Forage: Duties will include, but are not limited to: Land preparation, operating tillage equipment, cutting equipment. Take the hay bales to the storage barns/barns of farms that purchase the hay.
Row Crops: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Bushhog fields. Perform variety of other duties such as husking and shelling corn, lubricating and repairing farm machinery and unloading grain onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators.
Fruit/Vegetable Production: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store vegetables. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Perform variety of other duties such as lubricating and repairing farm machinery. May plan and schedule plowing, cultivating and harvesting operations. Plant, cultivate, harvest, & pack vegetables (boxes, buckets & crates). Lay plastic, setting plants, weeding (w/hoe & by hand), driving stakes, grading/sorting and activities associated with vegetable production. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop.
Alternative work: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, dropping sticks in field, maintenance of tool & equipment & other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing and the clearing and painting of fence/barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed.
Industry
Agriculture
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
923682
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