General Farm Labor

H2ajobs; Arcadia (FL); On-site; USD 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Free meals and kitchen facilities

Weekly transport to grocery

Job summary

H2ajobs in Florida is seeking workers for grove harvest and general farm labor. Duties include carrying ladders, lifting sacks, picking fruit, and moving produce to the tub, with attention to safety and tree care.

Experience wanted: 2 months. Workers must be able to work outdoors for at least 6 hours daily, in all weather conditions. Employer provides housing and meals; transportation arrangements from border to workplace may apply.

Qualifications

• Experience with manual farm labor is preferred.
• Able to perform repetitive lifting and carrying for extended periods.

Responsibilities

• Carry a 18'–20' ladder from the field truck to the harvest area.
• Hang ladder against tree and pick fruit into a sack without damaging the tree.
• Transfer fruit from sack to the fruit tub; field sanitation and safety as directed by supervisor.
• Perform general grove maintenance and cleanup tasks as needed.
• Provide housing and meals for workers and transport arrangements as described.

Skills

Physical strength

Endurance

Ability to work outdoors

Job description

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 an 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 the 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. The worker will remove the fruit from the tree and place it into a picking sack. When the pick sack is full take the full sack to the fruit tub located in the grove and drop the fruit from pick sack into the tub. In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to work outside for at least 6 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.

Tree Maintenance: Workers may help with applying the new greening treatment via trunk injections, by drilling a hole in the trunk 30 cm below the first branch to a depth of 2 to 3 cm using a 7.14 mm drill bit. The worker will place an arbor plug into each hole for proper seal with an arbor plug seter, and a rubber hammer.

General Farm Labor / Clean-up of Grove Property, and Housing for Harvesting Workers: Workers on physical work restrictions or when harvesting work is not available may be required to perform miscellaneous clean-up work on grove property, on structures utilized in the grove operation, and on housing for harvesting workers. Such clean-up activities include the sprouting, pruning, and painting of trees; debris, weed, and vine removal; irrigation repair; housing and structure cleaning and repair; and general grove clean-up as required. Workers will be paid the highest of the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing wage rate, or the applicable minimum wage rate for time spent performing such clean-up work. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the worker's refusal or negligent failure to return the tools or due to such worker's willful damage or destruction of the tools.

• Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
• Meals: The employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and free weekly transportation to the grocery store to workers living in employer-provided housing which will enable workers to prepare their own meals.
• 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: 2 months

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