Bowen Farm Tobacco Research Student Assistant

Working Title

Bowen Farm Tobacco Research Student Assistant

G/R01244P

CAES-Crop & Soil Sci Coastal

Employee

05/13/2019

02/25/2019

Yes

Tifton Area

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Student Assistant (NE)

0.5

100

Planting, Harvesting, and processing tobacco as well as transplanting, making counts, topping, suckering, weeding, and entering data. General farm duties include mowing grass, cleaning yards, cleaning buildings, painting, and repairing water lines.

Perform general farm maintenance and assist other researchers in peanut and vegetable research. Specific tobacco duties include transplanting, making counts, topping and suckering, weeding, harvesting tobacco leaves, loading and unloading curing barns, weighing cured leaf samples, grinding cured leaf samples and entering data. The majority of the work is outdoors between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Physical requirements include the ability to work outdoors, bending, lifting, digging, and walking.

Some activities are performed during inclement weather.

High school diploma is preferred.

The majority of the work is outdoors between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Physical requirements include working outdoors, bending, lifting, digging, and walking. Some activities are performed during extreme weather conditions.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. You may also be subject to a pre-employment drug test for positions with high-risk responsibilities, if applicable.

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