Farmworkers and Laborers

H2ajobs; Duette (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to store & laundry

Job summary

H2ajobs in Florida seeks workers to perform duties including loading heavy rolls of plastic and drip tape, laying plastic, and installing irrigation lines. Workers will plant, replant, stake rows, and perform related field tasks. Housing and meals are provided, with weekly transportation to a store and laundry facilities.

Experience wanted: 1 month. A drug/alcohol test may be conducted post-employment at the employer's expense. Duties may vary and require adherence to supervisor instructions.

Qualifications

• Experience required: 1 month.

Responsibilities

• Load 75 to 80 lb. rolls of plastic and drip tape rolls weighing approximately 50 lbs onto machinery and ride on the back of machinery to distribute rolls on beds of dirt.
• Ride fertilizer wagon and use a shovel to prevent clogging at distribution.
• Remove casing when rolls of plastic and drip tape have emptied and repeat the process.
• Lay plastic including bed pressing, cleaning out fertilizer hoppers, painting numbers, and measuring row lengths.
• Use a shovel to tuck in ends of the plastic at the ends of each row.
• Perform plastic and splice repairs throughout the field.
• Connect and install irrigation lines and remove lines at end of season; maintenance includes replacing jets and repairing leaks.
• Load/unload plant trays, transplant plants into holes, and fill spaces with soil; move trays as needed.
• Replanting: carry trays 1-5 lbs to replace injured or dead plants.
• Stake plants: place and drive stakes upright between each plant; operate manual or air hammer system as required.
• Housing and meals provided; employer-provided housing and free meals; employer provides transportation to a store and laundry facility once per week.

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all the following job specifications:

Employee Badge: At the beginning of the employment period, each worker will be assigned an employee badge for identification and payroll purposes. The worker will be required to keep the badge throughout his/her employment period and must always have the badge in possession while working. The worker will present their badge to the Supervisor at the beginning and end of each workday, and from time to time throughout the workday, for payroll purposes. The employer will provide the worker with the badge free of charge.

Lay Plastic: Workers are required to load 75 to 80 lb. rolls of plastic and drip tape rolls weighing approximately 50lbs on to machinery and ride on the back of machinery to ensure rolls are distributed evenly on beds of dirt. Worker is required to ride fertilizer wagon and use a shovel to make sure there is no clogging of fertilizer at distribution. Worker is required to remove casing when rolls of plastic and drip tape have emptied and repeat process. Plastic machine riders have other tasks required to lay plastic such as: bed pressing, clean out fertilizer hoppers, painting numbers and measuring row lengths. Workers are required to use a shovel to tuck in the ends of the plastic being laid by machinery at the ends of each row. Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field. Units covered will be divided by number of workers on the crew times the pay rate.

Plastic Repair: Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field.

Irrigation Installation, Removal & Maintenance: Connecting and installing irrigation (poly) lines at various points in fields for irrigation practices of crops. Removal of irrigation (poly) lines and connections at end of crop season. This task will include shovel work as needed. Maintenance includes, but not limited to, replacing jets, repairing leaks, flushing lines and other tasks needed for maximum efficiency.

Planting: Loading and unloading of plant trays from plant delivery boxes to planting machine, unloading empty trays from planter back onto plant boxes. Riding on plant machine and placing one plant into each hole made by plant machine and gathering soil to fill in space around the plant with soil using hand. Walking also behind planting machine placing a plant in hold that was missed and also filling in the hole with soil by using hand. Removing plants at walkways. Units covered will be divided by number of workers on the crew times the pay rate.

Replanting: When needed, replanting will require employee to carry trays that weigh 1 -5lbs into field to replace injured or dead plants in field rows.

Staking: Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a stake between each plant. Each stake must remain upright. Repeat process through entire rows and field. Once the first procedure is performed by an air hammer system being pulled by a tractor, the worker places an air hammer over the stake to drive in the stake 12\" - 14\" into the ground. If using manual hammers, worker must place opening over stake and pound stake into the ground also 12\" - 14\". This task will include clean up and removal of broken stakes as needed.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities to workers living in employer provided housing which will enable workers to prepare their own meals. Employer will provide free transportation for the workers to and from a food store and laundry facility once per week.

Transport: Inbound: Workers will determine their own inbound travel arrangements to the place of employment to begin the job contract. If arriving from the border, then the employer will make transportation arrangements from the border to the place of employment.

See Addendum C

Experience wanted: 1 months

The employer may conduct a drug/alcohol test post-employment at the employers expense.