*Job Seekers* If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please go to your local workforce center to be apprised of all terms and conditions of employment and application instructions. Position: Sod Farm Laborer Requirements: 3 months of verifiable experience with sod work required. Applicants must furnish verifiable job references or comparable third-party documentation from recent employers to establish acceptable prior experience. This requirement will be applied equally to all new foreign and domestic candidates. Worker must be able to lift, carry and load up to 75 pounds of weight on a repetitive basis. Employer reserves the right to conduct employer-paid random or post-accident drug testing in accordance with state law. Any employee who declines to take or fails a drug test will be immediately terminated. Job description: Clean, cultivate and prepare fields for planting by hand or use of mechanical equipment or vehicles; Plant or apply seeds to fields by hand or use of mechanical equipment or vehicles; Water and/or apply fertilizer by hand or use of mechanical equipment or vehicles; Clip, mow, maintain sod fields by hand or use of mechanical equipment or vehicles; Cut, roll and preparsod for transportation by hand or use of mechanical equipment or vehicles; Load sod onto and from farm owned transportation vehicles or customer vehicles; Installation job duties are performed as incidental to or in conjunction with the agricultural operation and account for less than half of the total work duties. Transport and install sod produced on the farm by hand or mechanical equipment or vehicles; Clean, repair and maintain pallets and other equipment utilized for the cultivation and transportation of sod. Employers will provide gloves and knee pads for any hand-weeding and -thinning. Workers with the proper licensing may deliver sod to various locations within the El Paso, Elbert and Douglas Counties. Anticipated hours of work per week: 45 hours per week Schedule: 730am - 4pm Monday through Friday and 5 hours on Saturdays Anticipated period of employment: 4/1/2025 11/30/2025 Application deadline: 07/31/2025 Job location: Calhan, CO 80808 Pay: $17.84/hr Effective 1/1/25, overtime must be paid after 48 hours worked per week, or 56 hours worked per week for up to 22 "peak weeks" for highly seasonal employers. * Contact the local workforce center for more information. ***WFC STAFF: OFFICIAL JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (ETA 790A) IS ATTACHED TO THIS. JOB POSTING UNDER "DOCUMENTS"