Farmworkers and Laborers, Crops

H2ajobs; Manatí (PR); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers for outdoor farming tasks in Puerto Rico. The role involves soil preparation, grafting, and harvesting plantains, bananas, squash, and other crops.

Work occurs in fields, nurseries, or high tunnels, with potential for long hours and varied start times depending on weather and crop maturity. Applicants should be prepared to stand and move across uneven terrain for extended periods.

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 0 months.

Responsibilities

• Prepare soil for planting, grafting, and harvest farinaceous crops (plantains, bananas, squash, tubers).
• Work in fields, nurseries, or high tunnels; may build or maintain structures.

Job description

Prepare the soil for planting (including grafting) and harvesting farinaceous (plantains, bananas, squash, tuber crops such as tanniers and ginger), vegetables (such as sweet peppers, culantro and beans) and fruits (such as pitahaya or dragon fruit and lemons). Workers will work in the field in nurseries or high tunnels. Workers may be required to build or maintain agricultural structures (such as nurseries, high tunnels and warehouse). Most of the workdays are spent outdoors on one's feet, with constant movement as they move from one field to another. Workers must be able to stand, walk uphill and downhill, sit, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, lift, and carry items weighing in the range of 5 to 75 pounds. Driving and operating passenger vehicles and farm equipment may be required. The worker may be requested but not required to work up to 12 hours per day and/or Federal Holidays, as well as Saturdays, depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, and maturity of the crop. The manager or supervisor will notify workers at the end of the workday if there is any change in the start and time anticipated hours of work for the following day. Regular attendance by all workers during scheduled hours of the workday and/or work period is expected. Unsatisfactory attendance: including reporting late, excessive requests to leave before the end of the workday, not abiding by housing, or transport regulations, etc., may be cause for disciplinary action. Providing services to other farmers outside the scope of the H2A Visa will result in immediate contract termination. Workers must call their manager or supervisor at least one day before the start of the workday if they do not expect to be in on time. Further information on the Employer's Attendance Policy is in the Employee Handbook.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: -Employer will furnish free and convenient kitchen facilities with utensils, furniture, and appliances, so workers can prepare their own meals.

-Employer will provide free transportation, once a week, to ensure workers' access to convenience stores or supermarkets where they can purchase groceries.

-In the event the kitchen facilities become unavailable, due to outstanding events, employer will charge workers for the provision of meals; the daily charge per worker will be $16.78.

Transport: See Addendum C.

Ver Adendum C.

Experience wanted: 0 months

See Addendum C.

Ver Adendum C.