Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
Citrus Harvesting, Inc. (Berry/Peas)
2880 Lightfood Road
Wimama, FL 33598
United States
Job description
GENERAL: Daily job assignments will be made by, and at the sole discretion of, the Company Farm Managers as the progression of the growing season dictates. Workers must perform the assigned work as described in ETA 790, and work at the assigned Company locations. Workers may not switch work at Company locations without the specific authorization of the Farm manager. At the direction of the Farm Manager and/or Supervisor workers may be re-assigned to different farm locations within the company at various times of the workday and/or on different days. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the supervisor's instruction, workers will harvest, load, and grade various citrus, and vegetables. The worker will require the use of hand tools such as shears and knives. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 100 pounds for long periods outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, and shipped from the farm. Each worker must clean their work area each day and dispose of trash and discarded items in provided receptacles.
Tasks the worker must be able to perform include: apply mulch by row mulcher or by hand; apply ground cover to beds using a machine or by hand; remove debris from bed preparation process to clean growing area; finish row ends with shovels provided by the employer; unload plants by hand from trucks and move plants to the planting location by hand; install culverts for field drainage; remove and reinstall sprinklers during bed preparation, re-plant missing or unhealthy plants as directed; remove or pull up strawberry plants in preparation for next crop; remove blossoms (de-blossom) to improve fruit quality; remove debris, boxes, and discarded fruit from fields to keep clean growing areas; general ranch maintenance; basic irrigation maintenance; make sandbags, clean and maintain equipment and tools, frost control of sprinklers, frost blanket coverings.
May be necessary to assist in the use and repair of farm equipment such as tractors, trucks, Goats/Loaders, buses, trailers, and harvest machinery, etc.
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB: The majority of the workday is spent on one’s feet, constantly in movement, and outdoors. Workers are rarely in one place for any period of time. It is estimated that 20% of the time will be spent growing and maintaining, and 80% harvesting the products. Workers must be able to stand, walk, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, lift and carry items weighing in the range from 5 to 100 pounds during the course of performing all required job specifications.
STOOPING AND BENDING: This activity would be constant for the listed job specifications. When harvesting, workers must walk along the assigned row in a bent-from-the-waist position, although they can opt for stooping, squatting, etc. During harvest, this activity would comprise much of the worker's regular workday. The worker comes to a standing/vertical position each time they complete a full box of strawberries or buckets of vegetables and carry it to the end of the row or crate shed. This can be anywhere from 5-10 times per hour depending on the production and picking speed.
Special Requirements
Drug/Alcohol Testing: Citrus Harvesting may conduct a drug/alcohol test post-employment at the employer's expense. Any worker who declines to take or fails a drug or alcohol test will be terminated immediately and paid for all hours worked.