Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

H2ajobs; Ona (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

H2ajobs is hiring agricultural workers for outdoor field duties in Florida. Workers will cultivate, harvest, and pack watermelons and a variety of vegetables. Tasks include moving along rows, plucking produce from plants, tying and staking plants, weeding, and cleaning irrigation components.

The job requires lifting up to 70 lbs repeatedly and enduring outdoor conditions year-round. Applicants must be able to stand, bend, stoop, and reach for extended periods, and workers must refrain from using

Responsibilities

• Move through fields to picking locations and pluck vegetables from plants.
• Cultivate, harvest and pack watermelon and vegetables (tomato, pepper, squash, cucumber, eggplant).
• Lift up to 70 lbs repeatedly and work outdoors in all weather.
• Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, reaching; walk along rows and weed by hand or hoe.

Job description

Cultivate, harvest and pack watermelon and vegetables - tomato, bell pepper, hot pepper, squash, cucumber, and eggplant. Move around field to picking location and pluck vegetables from plants. Tie plants, stake plants, prune plants, clean drip emitters and microjets, remove plastic drip lines, remove dead plants, and weed removal. Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Prolonged standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Must be able to lift 70lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 70lbs. in field. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination.

Cultivar, cosechar y empacar sandía y vegetales: tomate, pimiento morrón, pimiento picante, calabaza, pepino y berenjena. Moverse por el campo hasta el lugar de recolección y arrancar vegetales de las plantas. Atar plantas, estacar plantas, podar plantas, limpiar goteros y microjets, quitar líneas de goteo de plástico, quitar plantas muertas y quitar malezas. Los trabajadores caminarán a lo largo de las hileras según lo especificado por el empleador y quitarán las malezas y el pasto de los campos a mano o con una azada. Permanecer de pie, agacharse, inclinarse y alcanzar objetos durante períodos prolongados. El trabajo se realiza al aire libre y continúa en todo tipo de clima. Debe poder levantar 70 libras hasta la altura de los hombros repetidamente durante la jornada laboral y poder levantar y transportar 70 libras en el campo. El uso de teléfonos celulares personales u otros dispositivos electrónicos personales durante las horas de trabajo está estrictamente prohibido, excepto para llamadas o emergencias relacionadas con el trabajo, y la violación puede resultar en el despido inmediato.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week, the employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. These board arrangements apply only to workers living in employer-provided housing.

Empleador proporcionará instalaciones de cocina y facilidades de uso de cocina gratis y conveniente para que los trabajadores puedan preparar sus propias comidas. Los trabajadores van a comprar sus propios alimentos. Una vez por semana, el empleador proporcionará (con carácter voluntario) el transporte para asegurar el acceso a los trabajadores a las tiendas donde pueden comprar comestibles. Estos arreglos sólo se aplican a los trabajadores que viven en la vivienda proporcionada por el empleador.

Transport: For workers recruited outside the area of intended employment, transportation and subsistence expenses will be reimbursed by the employer in accordance with 20 CFR § 655.122(h).

Experience wanted: 0 months

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