Farmworkers and Laborers

H2ajobs; Hastings (FL); In loco; USD 17.000 - 22.000; Tempo pieno

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Johnson Harvesting in Florida seeks workers for field harvesting tasks in groves. Workers will carry ladders, use sacks, and harvest fruit, loading gear and equipment as needed. The role includes operating tractors and skid steer machinery in groves, plus occasional driving within fields and basic maintenance tasks.

Must be able to work outdoors up to 8 hours daily in various weather conditions. Experience is welcomed (2 months noted), and the job may involve drug/alcohol testing as part of

Competenze

• Must be able to work outside for 8 hours a day in all kinds of weather.
• Experience preferred but not required; 2 months noted as experience wanted.
• Drug/alcohol testing may be conducted for new applicants.

Mansioni

• Carry a picking sack and ladder to designated grove areas.
• Harvest fruit and place into pick sacks for transport.
• Unload fruit into tubs and assist with equipment cleaning.
• Mow, spray in groves, and operate related farming equipment as directed.
• Drive a pickup within fields and assist with field maintenance.
• Assist with irrigation maintenance and basic planting tasks.

Conoscenze

Physical strength

Endurance

Outdoor work

Teamwork

Strumenti

Skid steer operation

Farm equipment operation

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Citrus crop. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' to 20' ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into tub. In order to perform this kind of work, worker must be able to work outside for at least 8 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the picking process rapidly, working quickly and skillfully with their hands, and carrying a large number of sacks of fruit from the area in which the fruit is being harvested to the location of the tub. After harvesting is complete at each grove, workers will help clean all equipment, including but not limited to, fruit tubs, and any harvesting equipment from all leaves, limbs and debris. Workers will then load ladders back into ladder truck. Agriculture Equipment Operators / tractor driver will be mowing in the groves spraying in the groves along with using equipment to push trees and using machines to repair fence such as skid steers. From time-to-time worker might drive a pickup truck to move equipment within fields. They will also be discing and rolling and seeding back pasture where we have cut sod or hay. Hand labor Guys will be doing trunk injections along with irrigation maintenance such as changing out microjets and fixing breaks in the line. General Farm Work: The worker may be required to perform other duties and tasks from time to time as directed by the Supervisor or Farm Manager(s)., and worker must be able to perform the following duties: Apply plastic mulch by row mulcher or by hand. Apply ground cover to beds using machine or by hand; Remove plants or debris from bed preparation process to clean growing area; Finish row ends with shovel; Unload plants by hand from truck and move plant to planting location by hand; Plant trees; Install culverts or other materials for field drainage; Remove and reinstall sprinklers during bed preparation; Re-plant missing or unhealthy plants; Remove or pull up plant in preparation for another crop. Remove runners from plants by hand or with tools provided by the employer. Remove debris, boxes, and discarded fruit from fields to clean growing areas. (Continued below)

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). Employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining and other common areas are shared by all workers.

Transport: Inbound: Workers will determine their own inbound travel arrangements to the place of employment to begin the job contract. The employer will reimburse all workers for their reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer.The reimbursement will be no less, but is not required to be more, than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Drug/Alcohol Testing: Johnson Harvesting may conduct drug/alcohol test at the employer's expense on all new applicants post- employment. The employer expects all employees to adhere to the standards and expectations for conduct (Work Rules) which it believes are necessary for the company's safe and efficient operations. The Work Rules listed below, and others that may be established from time to time, are not all-inclusive. These standards are only examples of the types of prohibited conduct for which employees may be disciplined or terminated. They are published to provide a general understanding of what your employer considers to be unacceptable conduct. The employer may impose disciplinary action in those instances where management decides such action is appropriate up to and including termination of employment for cause. 1.Failure to perform work assigned by a supervisor or manager, consistent with the terms of your contract.