Farmworkers And Laborers, Crops
Employer
Road #1, Km. 105.8
Santa Isabel, PR 00757
United States
Job description
In our farm, these products are typically cultivated and harvested from November to August, first to avoid hurricane season and second to accomodate the market opportunities offered during the winter and spring months, as production in the mainland declaines. Farm workers: prepare the soil for planting vegetables and fruits (tomato, peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, cucumbers, pineapple, and squash), and farinaceous (such as sweet potatoes); assist in weed and insect control; apply fertilizer, harvest; wash and pre-pack produce. Preharvest and postharvest activities are required. The work includes tasks, such as seed germination, transplanting, monitoring, packing, aintaining irrigation and drainage system, weeding, cultivation, fertilizing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting vegetables and fruits. Most of the workdays are spent on one's feet, with constant movement as they move from one site 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. Workers are required to work six (6) hours per day. The worker may be requested, but not required to work up to 10 hours per day and/or Federal Holidays, depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, and maturity of the crop. Overtime will be paid, if applicable, under state or federal law. 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, doing work outside the scope of the H2A Visa, not abiding by housing, or transport regulations, etc., may be cause for disciplinary action. 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.
Special Requirements
See Addendum C.
Ver Adendum C.