Hand harvesting strawberries

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transportation

Visa support

Job summary

H2ajobs in Florida is seeking farm workers to harvest strawberries, place numeric stickers, sort and pack berries to meet high-quality standards under supervisor direction.

Experience wanted: 1 month. Workers must lift up to 75 pounds, work in rows with the crew, and follow safety and packing guidelines for efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in farm labor or harvesting preferred.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
• Must work outdoors and move with the row crew.

Responsibilities

• Harvest strawberries, place stickers on boxes, and sort/pack berries by size, color and quality as directed by supervision.
• Grade berries in the field and ensure compliance with food safety SOPs.
• Move efficiently from row to row and return completed boxes to the crate shed for grading and credit on the picking badge.
• Address over/under packed containers by repacking as needed and maintain high quality standards.
• Meet minimum productivity of 6 flats of 8-1 pound clamshells per hour.
• Disciplinary risk for quality issues.

Skills

Physical stamina

Manual dexterity

Job description

Hand-Harvesting Strawberries: Each worker must place a pre-printed numeric sticker to each box. The numeric sticker roll will be assigned to the worker by the supervisor. Packed boxes will not be accepted without the sticker. Workers will move down the assigned rows with picking cart, picking all ripe berries, grading berries in the field while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality and quantity as directed by the supervisor. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit, sort and pack all good berries into specified containers within the box, according to very high-quality standards set forth in the company food safety policy and standard operation procedures. Bad berries will be packed or disposed of as determined by the supervisor. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising. Bruising will weaken the berry. Each worker is expected to move with the crew from row to row to maintain the efficiency level. Upon completion of each box picked, the worker will take his/her completed box to the crate shed to be viewed for grade, palletized and receive credit on his/her picking badge. Any containers that are over or under packed will be returned to the worker for repacking. Upon competition of the assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality becomes an issue. Workers must pick at least 6 flats of 8-1-pound clamshells of strawberries per hour. Workers are required to lift at least 75 pounds as the chep blue pallets needed to be stacked as the boxes are loaded onto these pallets and can weight up to 75 pounds. Workers will clean weeds as needed in the rows they will plant which also requires for workers to use lots of strength pushing and pulling.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide cooking facilities for worker to prepare their own meals. Workers will be transported to the grocery store of their choice via one retired school bus with a seating capacity of 52 workers. cooking facilities and transportation will be provided free of charge.

Transport: (Inbound) The employer will provide a charter bus from the US consulate whenever the worker gets his visa to the place of employment or reimburse the worker for their expense.

(Outbound)The employer will provide a charter bus for the workers to return back to Mexico or pay for the worker's bus ticket if the worker requests elsewhere. The employer will pay the daily subsistence for workers inbound and outbound per day or every 24 hours of their trips.

Experience wanted: 1 months

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