General Farm Worker (Temporary)

Temporary Need: 01/20/27 - 11/15/27. One (1) full-time, seasonal, temporary General Farm Worker needed. Requirements: A minimum of two (2) months livestock experience, ability to lift and carry 100 lbs., drive. Wage is $12.63/hour. H-2A workers is $10.71/hour. Location: Work will be performed in Morgan, UT. All worksites are contiguous with the main ranch on Rees Lane in Morgan, Utah. There are 8500 acres of privately owned land in addition to a joining 6000 acres of private leased property. As well as 75 acres 3 miles west of ranch property. Hours: 50 hours/week, Mon-Sat from 7:00am - 5:00pm. Duties: Starting on January 20 we will begin preparing for the season with machinery servicing and maintenance, grain cleaning and hauling. In March we begin to prepare the fields for planting, the farming season continues through the planting, harvesting and until the middle of November. Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties found in SOC Code 45-2092 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse such as: Operating tractors, swather and balers to rake, cut and bale hay; maintain/clean farm machinery. Worker will assist with loading and unloading crops or containers of materials. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools. Load and unload hay bales. Assist with general farm maintenance and maintenance of equipment and tools. Duties will be assigned daily. Worker may assist with livestock during overlapping heavy workload during heavy calving season and sale periods. Clean work areas, and maintain grounds. cleaning and hauling of the manure Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures. Worker will maintain miles of canal, cleaning debris etc... General farm work will include making minor mechanical adjustments/repairs on farm machinery; repair/replace fencing and farm structures; perform general cleanup of farm acreage; drive, load/unload trucks. Worker may Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. The job entails working around farm machinery and a variety of farm animals as well as exposure to predators and poisonous snakes. The worker must be willing and able to occasionally work independently or in small groups of workers. Most duties are performed out of doors, and entail exposure to extreme heat, cold, dust, rain and other environmental conditions. Worker must be able to crouch, bend, lift and carry up to 100 pounds. Worker must have Drivers License or have the ability to obtain a Drivers' License. Anticipate 50 hours/week with additional long/odd hours needed during haying season. Employer provided items (at no cost to the worker): All tools and equipment necessary to p erform the duties assigned as well as transportation between worker(s) on-site housing and the work site. A cell phone or two way radio will be provided for emergency and ranch communications at no cost to the worker (excluding long distance charges). Terms and conditions of employment: All tools and equipment necessary to perform the duties assigned as well as transportation between worker(s) on-site housing and the work site. A cell phone or two way radio will be provided for emergency and ranch communications at no cost to the worker (excluding long distance charges). Employee must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. Must provide employment eligibility documentation (I9 verification) upon hire. The employer will provide, at no cost to the worker, Workers' Compensation coverage or private insurance which is equal to Workers' Compensation laws for comparable employment. Applicants that have not worked as a livestock worker during the past twelve (12) months, up to two (2) references will be required. The employer guarantees to offer the worker employment for a tot l number of work days equal to at least 3/4's of the total work period beginning with the first workday after the arrival of the worker at the place of employment or advertised contractual first day of need. Whichever is later to occur, and ending on the expiration date specified. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, the employer shall pay the worker the cost incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer ($16.78/day, maximum $68/day with receipts). The offered wage equals or exceeds the highest of the prevailing wage issued and determined by DOL for the time period the work is performed (or whichever is the highest pay rate). This job is in connection with a future H-2A labor certification application.