Citrus Harvesters

Job description

Citrus Harvesting: 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 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 into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub located in the
grove and drop fruit from pick sack into tub. In order to perform this kind of work, 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. After harvesting is complete at each grove, workers will
help clean all equipment, including but not limited to, fruit tubs, and any harvesting equipment from all
leaves, limbs and debris. Workers will then load ladders back into ladder truck.