Farmworkers And Laborers.

Job description

Workers will perform described job specifications as instructed by the Farm Manager or Crew Supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include one or more of the following job specifications:

Sugarcane Harvesting: As instructed, workers will move down assigned field to harvest sugarcane. Instruction will be given for each task and standard of performance communicated to workers. Workers may need to assist in the use of types of farm equipment exclusively in the fields, such as tractors, trucks and other harvesting machinery.

Sugarcane Hand Harvesting: As instructed, workers will move down assigned field to harvest sugarcane by cutting down the stems and leaving the roots.

Sugarcane Planting: As instructed, workers will plant sugarcane seeds in soil in rows.

Watermelon Harvesting: As instructed, workers will move down assigned row to turn watermelon vines from drive-rows. Instruction will be given for each task and standard of performance communicated to workers. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness.

Vegetable Planting/Harvesting/Packing: From time to time the workers may also plant, harvest and/or pack a variety of vegetables/plants during the season. It is unknown at this time exactly what vegetables may be harvested and/or planted; however, the workers will be paid the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing wage, or the minimum wage - whichever is higher – for all hours worked.

Special Requirements

Criminal background checks and drug testing: Everglades Harvesting may conduct criminal background checks and/or drug/alcohol testing at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug/alcohol screening is grounds for termination.