Farmworkers 45-2092 Position Available In Cross, Arkansas

This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For moreinformation, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4461974Seasonal/Temporary work from 8/24/2025 – 11/7/2025

Crops:

Sweet Potatoes, Soybeans, Rice, Cotton, Milo, Corn and WheatField Work:

Perform all tasks involved in the growing and harvesting ofMatthews Ridgeview Farms crops.

This includes for sweet potatoes:

bedding, cutting slips, transplanting slips, pulling and/or choppingweeds and harvesting with the use of mechanical harvesting equipment,field grading sweet potatoes and using equipment to travel potatoes fromthe field to the pack house or storage facility. This also includes, forother row crops (soybeans, milo, corn, rice, cotton, and wheat) pullingand/or chopping weeds. Workers must notify supervisor/employer of anymaterial issues. Workers must report any safety and/or food violationsto their supervisor immediately.

Field Primary duties and responsibilities:Roll out plastic on sweet potato beds, remove plastic from beds whenneeded.Roll out cloth on sweet potato bed. Remove cloth from beds when needed.Cut Sweet potato slips, stack slips into carton, load cartons ontotruck.Use mechanical sweet potato harvesting equipment to harvest sweetpotatoes.Field grade sweet potatoes by separating #1s, #2s, Jumbos, and cannersinto separate harvesting bins.Pull and/or chop weeds from fields.Maintain a clean and safe work area.Notify supervisor of any mechanical or material issues.Notify supervisor of any safety and/or food safety violations.Clean work area after work assignments are completed.Perform other related duties and assignments as required.

Physical environment/working conditions: The position in the fieldinvolves stooping, bending, kneeling, standing, walking, and lifting (upto 70 lbs.) for long periods of time throughout the day. Workenvironment can vary depending upon various factors including weather.

Generally, the work environment will be dirty, dusty and/or damp, withextreme temperature fluctuations according to the season.

Packing House:

Workers will perform various duties associated withpacking employers products. This includes grading, sorting, andpackaging sweet potatoes. Workers will flow standard work methods andpractice safe work habits to ensure production is as efficient and safeas possible. Workers must follow all standard food safety methods andpractices to ensure product is handled in clean andsafe manner. Workers must remove sprouts and/or strings from sweetpotatoes as they move along the pack line. Workers will sort potatoesaccording to customers specifications by removing rotten, and damagedand out of specification sweet potatoes from pack line. Workers willfold and stack cardboard and/or reusable plastic containers. Workerswill be required to maintain a clean and safe work area, which includescleaning work area after work assignments are completed. Workers will berequired to notify a supervisor if there is any mechanical/materialissues or safety and/or food safety violations. Workers will performother related duties and assignments as required. All production workersare expected to be available to work in all areas of production.

Packing House environment/working conditions: The position in thefactory involves standing, walking, and lifting for long periods of timethroughout the day. Work environment can vary depending upon variousfactors including weather. Generally, the work environment will bedirty, dusty, and damp, with temperature fluctuations according to theseason.

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