Farm Worker

Sunrise Grove LLC; Indiantown (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

H2ajobs in Indiantown, Florida, is hiring for manual agricultural labor to plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables and melons. You will prepare soil, plant seeds, irrigate, weed, and protect crops from pests to ensure healthy growth. Responsibilities include harvesting by hand, sorting, washing, and packing produce for storage or shipment.

Housing and meals are provided by the employer. Experience required is 0 months; physical stamina and ability to work outdoors in varying weather are

Qualifications

• No experience required.
• Able to perform physical labor in outdoor conditions.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and outdoors in Florida weather.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual agricultural tasks including planting, cultivating, and harvesting vegetables and melons.
• Prepare soil, irrigate, weed, apply fertilizer, and control pests.
• Install trellis netting and support structures for vertically grown crops.
• Sort, grade, wash, and pack produce for storage or shipment; load for transport.
• Maintain cleanliness of tools and work areas.

Skills

Manual labor

Job description

Perform manual agricultural labor to plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables and melons, including water spinach, sweet potato leaves, winter melons, bitter melons, and hairy melons. Duties include preparing and tiling soil; planting seeds and seedlings; applying fertilizer; irrigating; weeding; and controlling pests to promote healthy crop growth. Workers will install and maintain trellis netting and other supports for vertically grown melon crops and assist with crop rotation as seasonal varieties are replaced. Harvest mature vegetables and melons by hand throughout the production season, then sort, grade, clean, and pack harvested produce for storage or shipment. Load and transport crops as needed and maintain tools, equipment, growing areas, and work areas in a clean and orderly condition.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide scheduled transportation to local stores twice per week and, as needed, during lunch breaks. The town is approximately a five-minute drive away. The employer will provide apartment housing to the workers at no cost. Each apartment is equipped with a functioning kitchen, including a stove/range, refrigerator, sink with potable hot and cold running water, and adequate counter and food-preparation space. The employer will also provide cooking utensils, pots, pans, eating utensils, and adequate storage space for food and supplies. The kitchen facilities are located within the apartment and are readily accessible to the workers at all times, allowing them to prepare and cook their own meals conveniently. All facilities will be maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition in accordance with applicable housing standards.

Transport: Inbound transportation: The employer will provide or reimburse the cost of transportation and daily subsistence for each worker traveling from the place from which the worker departs to the employer's place of employment. Reimbursement will be made to workers who complete 50% of the work contract period, in an amount equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distance involved, and daily subsistence will be paid at the applicable minimum/maximum...

Experience wanted: 0 months

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