Shuttle Driver/chauffeurs
Employer
HUNT BROS. SERVICE, INC./ Highland Park Harvesting, LLC {1500-1675} LAKE EASY RD.
BABSON PARK, FL 33827
United States
Job description
SHUTTLE DRIVERS/CHAUFFEURS - Workers may drive vans to transport workers to and from work site and at least once a week to grocery store and run errands, located off the farm. Workers will drive goat used for transporting to and from groves. Workers may also work harvesting the citrus, work in packing house, tree injections and do grove clean up. CITRUS – The worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry an 18' to 22' ladder from the grove 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 it into pick sack. When picking sack is full, take full sack to fruit container located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into container. In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be physically able to harvest citrus, fill his assigned sacks, and transport it to the tub. The employee must be able to climb ladders with extra weight of the sack. Workers will take the wrap off the trees. Packing House – Workers may be required to perform miscellaneous packing housework, including grading, clean-up, stacking packed cartons, dumping fruit from cartons, and constructing boxes. Packinghouse is part of the farm. Tree Injections - These activities may include administering tree antibiotics to the tree trunk of trees in the groves by drilling holes in the tree trunk. Worker will have a bucket with a spout that you stick into the tree for a day. Next day, worker will come back and redo the process, this will be time consuming. Grove Clean-up - Workers may be required to perform miscellaneous grove clean-up work. These activities may include removing ladders, debris, boxes and discarded fruit from fields to clean growing areas. Other activities may include pruning, pulling vines and weeds by hand or with hoe, painting trees, repair and or replace irrigation equipment and maintaining fence lines.
Special Requirements
Employer may conduct a criminal background check and/or random drug testing may occur, pre-hire for any new client or post-hire for any reason deemed necessary, at the employers expense. Must have a valid drivers license to drive a company vehicle. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to the worker. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed. The worker must be able to harvest on the average of one volumetric tub per hour (equivalent to 10-bushel boxes per hour) in grove conditions that are considered good picking. If the employee is unable or unfit to harvest one tub per hour after the 14-day trial period, the employee will receive warnings, hours may be reduced to the minimum allowed in the certified petition or terminated. Employees with low production will not be