Shuttle Drivers And Chauffeurs

Job description

Workers will perform assign duties as instructed by their supervisor. Workers will operate equipment used to
watermelon crops. Must have drivers license required by State and Federals laws, and drivers responsible for
transporting workers will be required to have a valid and unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor or Federal
Farm Labor Contractor Employee Registration with driving authorization. Will be responsible for operating the
vehicles used to move crops on the farm. Must be able to safely operate the buses that are used to transport
workers to and from work sites. Operate forklifts and equipment used to move supplies and harvesting
equipment in the field. Maintain harvest equipment. Must be able to reach, bend and lift items weighing 100
pounds. The alternative work if needed will be to assist with the manual harvesting of the watermelon crop.

Harvesting Watermelon by hand, the worker will walk down the watermelon field rows where the watermelon will be harvested. The worker will first cut the vine off the watermelon with a small knife and turn the watermelon over. The worker will bend over harvesting the ripe watermelon which can vary in weight from 20 to 60 lbs. from the ground and tossing the watermelon to the worker next to him and this worker will toss the watermelon to the next worker and so on, until the watermelon is then tossed to the person inside the bus who will place the watermelon on the floor. Packing: When the bus is full, it will be taken to the packing house where the workers will unload the watermelon and put it in a conveyor belt that will transport the watermelon into the packing house where it will be separated by size, labeled and packed.

Note: The packing house is located inside the Farm and more than 50% of the product processed is produced by the Fixed Site Employer.

General Maintenance: Workers on physical work restrictions or when harvesting work is not available may be required to perform miscellaneous clean-up work on work site property, on structures utilized in the work site operation, and on housing for harvesting workers. Such clean-up activities include the sprouting, pruning, and painting of trees; debris, mowing, weed, and vine removal; irrigation repair; housing and structure cleaning and repair.

The worker in order to perform this kind of work must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in a possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance, working quickly and skillfully with their hands repeatedly, The employer will
Employees may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available, the worker is not required to work more than the stated daily hours in the contract and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. If workers request a leave of absence during the contract period, if the worker has been offered an opportunity to work, the hours will be deducted from the hours offered under the ETA-790 for the purposes of the three-quarter guarantee.

Employees may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available, the worker is
not required to work more than the stated daily hours in the contract and/or on a worker's
Sabbath or federal holidays Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work
because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These
periods can occur any time throughout the season.  If workers request a leave of absence
during the contract period, if the worker has been offered an opportunity to work, the hours will
be deducted from the hours offered under the ETA-790 for the purposes of the three-quarter
guarantee.

Special Requirements

This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning.