Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop
Employer
14940 South State Road 29
Felda, FL 33930
United States
Job description
CULTIVATE AND HARVEST VEGETABLES. PROLONGED STANDING, BENDING, STOOPING, AND REACHING. JOB IS OUTDOORS AND CONTINUES IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. WORKERS MAY BE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT TO RANDOM DRUG OR ALCOHOL TESTS AT NO COST TO THE WORKER. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST OR TESTING POSITIVE MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. DRUG TESTING AND BACKGROUND CHECKS MAY OCCUR DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SOLE COST AND DISCRETION OF THE EMPLOYER. MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 20-50LBS. TO SHOULDER HEIGHT REPETITIVELY THROUGHOUT THE WORKDAY AND ABLE TO LIFT AND CARRY 20-50LBS. IN FIELD. USE OF PERSONAL CELL PHONE OR OTHER PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING WORKING HOURS STRICTLY PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR WORK-RELATED CALLS OR EMERGENCIES AND VIOLATION MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. WORKERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR FEET IN BENT POSITIONS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. ALLERGIES TO RAGWEED, GOLDENROD, ETC. MAY AFFECT WORKERS’ ABILITY TO PERFORM THE JOB. WORKERS
SHOULD BE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO DO THE WORK REQUIRED WITH OR WITHOUT REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS. WORKERS ARE EXPOSED TO WET WEATHER EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HEAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHILE WORKING IN THE FIELDS. TEMPERATURES MAY RANGE FROM 30-100F. WORKERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO WORK DURING OCCASIONAL SHOWERS NOT SEVERE ENOUGH TO STOP FIELD OPERATIONS. WORKERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM WORK, ON THE FARM, THAT IS INCIDENTAL TO FARMING THE CROPS LISTED IN THE APPLICATION, SUCH AS PERFORMING HAND-CULTIVATION TASKS, WEEDING OR HOEING VARIOUS CROPS, CLEANING AND REPAIRING FARM BUILDINGS, SEED BEDS ,GROUNDS, SETTING UP AND MOVING IRRIGATION PIPES AND EQUIPMENT, GARDENING, WEEDING AND
SHRUBBING, ETC. THIS IS A VERY DEMANDING AND COMPETITIVE BUSINESS IN WHICH QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS MUST BE RIGOROUSLY ADHERED TO. SLOPPY WORK CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. THE WORKER UNDERSTANDS THAT IF HE ABANDONS HIS EMPLOYMENT OR IS TERMINATED FOR CAUSE PRIOR TO THE END OF THE ANTICIPATED PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT, THE WORKER WILL FORFEIT THE THREE-QUARTER GUARANTEE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION COSTS DESCRIBED ELSEWHERE IN THIS JOB ORDER. EXCESSIVE ABSENCES AND/OR TARDINESS CANNOT BE TOLERATED AND MAY RESULT IN TERMINATION. DAILY INDIVIDUAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS, CREW ASSIGNMENTS, AND LOCATION OF WORK WILL BE MADE BY AND AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE FARM MANAGER AND/OR FARM SUPERVISOR AS THE NEEDS OF THE FARMING OPERATION DICTATE. WORKERS MAY BE ASSIGNED A VARIETY OF DUTIES IN ANY GIVEN DAY AND/OR DIFFERENT TASKS ON DIFFERENT DAYS. WORKERS WILL BE EXPECTED TO PERFORM ANY OF THE LISTED DUTIES AND WORK ON ANY CROP AS ASSIGNED BY THE WORKER'S SUPERVISOR. AGRICULTURE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR WILL OPERATE EQUIPMENT USED TO HARVEST VEGETABLES MUST HAVE THE CORRECT TYPE OF LICENSE REQUIRED BY STATE AND FEDERALS LAWS. THEY MUST SUBMIT TO RANDOM DRUG OR ALCOHOL TESTS AT NO COST TO THE WORKER, FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUEST OR TESTING POSITIVE MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION. THEY MUST OPERATE FORKLIFTS AND EQUIPMENT USED TO MOVE SUPPLIES AND
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT IN THE FIELD. THEY MUST MAINTAIN HARVEST EQUIPMENT AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE VEHICLES USED TO MOVE CROPS ON THE FARM. MUST BE ABLE TO REACH, BEND AND LIFT ITEMS WEIGHING 50 POUNDS. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK OUTDOORS IN DUSTY/DIRTY CONDITIONS, AT EXTREME HEAT AND COLD INCLEMENT WEATHER. MUST BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO, UNDERSTAND, AND FOLLOW SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS OF SUPERVISORS AND DISPATCHER. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK IN FIELDS WHERE ANTS, SNAKES AND POISON IVY ARE ENCOUNTERED. THE ALTERNATIVE WORK IS TRUCK MAINTENANCE AND
FARM MAINTENANCE INCLUDING THE REPAIR, IRRIGATION, VEHICLES AND VARIOUS EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS USED ON THE FARM. USE OF PERSONAL CELL PHONE OR OTHER PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE DURING WORKING HOURS STRICTLY PROHIBITED EXCEPT FOR WORK-RELATED CALLS OR EMERGENCIES AND VIOLATION MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION
Special Requirements
TRAINING: Employees will receive training on how to correctly harvest for the first 7 days. After
the initial trial period, employee will be expected to work efficiently with minimal supervision. The job offered requires that the worker be available for work six (6) hours per day Monday through Saturday, every day that work is available, and for the full anticipated period of employment, even though work may be slack for a brief period of time. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned tasks whenever work is available through the full anticipated period of employment. Work available is defined as: no work required on the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays, but work is required six (6) hours per day Monday through Saturday. All applicants must be able (with or without reasonable accommodation), willing, and qualified to perform all the work described, and must be available for the entire anticipated period of employment.