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Temporary workers will harvest pecan trees and sweet corn fields.\
For pecan harvesting the workers will remove downed pecan tree limbs to
prepare for pecan harvest. Attach shaking device to each pecan tree.
Operate mechanical pecan harvester. Sort pecans on conveyor belt. Place
mature pecans in bags to be stored.
Pecan harvesting job duties include use of hand tools, such as shovels,
trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Workers may
till soil and apply fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or
pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading
harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm
buildings, and participate in irrigation activities. Workers may know
how to set up and operate irrigation equipment, clear, and maintain
irrigation ditches and work as a team.
For sweet corn harvesting the workers will manually harvest and pack
sweet corn by hand and machine. Corn harvesting will be performed in
crews where the workers will be pulling sweet corn off the stalk and
tossing it into a metal bin and assembling boxes or crates. The corn is
picked out of the bins and will be packed by placing 48 ears into
pre-made crates. The crates will be moved to workers who will fold and
close the lid of the crates and push them down the conveyor belt system.
The crates\
will be loaded and stacked onto the truck. It will be necessary to make
a count and check the crates as they are loaded onto the truck. Corn is
harvested in the early morning hours starting before daylight, while
temperatures are cooler. Sweet corn must be harvested by pulling down
while bending and reaching to select mature ears. Workers must carefully
select ears of corn of correct size and maturity and toss into bin.
Long-sleeved shirts and long pants are recommended to minimize contact
with the plants and thereby reduce the exposure to cuts and scrapes.
Gloves are recommended when working with wooden crates. Work will be
done on a farm. Some workers may be requested to work as team leaders,
depending on certain duties. These workers are chosen at the employers
discretion. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the
described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will
charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the worker\'s refusal
or negligent failure to return the tools or due to such worker\'s
willful damage or destruction of the tools.
The employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified
worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able to but
does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for
the employer to grow a premium quality product. The worker understands
that if the worker quits or is terminated for cause prior to the end of
the period