Shuttle Drivers, Farmworkers & 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:

Shuttle Bus Driver: Inspect vehicle and safety equipment on bus before driving. Pick up workers at hotel/living quarters and transport workers to work site. Report any accidents/injuries. Keep vehicle clean, transfer workers from one worksite to another when necessary. Provide documents/licenses to federal agencies when requested. Transport workers back to hotel at the end of the workday. Assist in timekeeping. Operating a company vehicle during the period of employment the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by the United States or foreign equivalent license to operate the company vehicle in accordance with license restrictions and vehicle classification applicable to that license.

Corn Detasseling: The worker will walk down the aisles between the plants in the corn fields to detassel seed corn and remove rogue plants, weeds, and volunteer corn plants from seed corn production fields. The worker may perform additional field and seed mill duties to include receiving and sorting green corn, loading and unloading corn into dryer bins, shelling corn, loading out silage and cobbs, and operating, cleaning, and storing the equipment associated therewith. Operate Forklift. In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite strength and endurance, working quickly and skillfully with their hands.

Soybean Harvesting: Soy plant pods plants, rows or other designations by hand, bundling rows together and hauling material to mobile threshers, trailers and combines, rogueing off-type plants, sampling harvested material for lab submission. Hauling material into storage and processing areas.

The worker will process seeds, package seeds, sort seed packets, and prepare seeds in the field on the farm for planting.

Corn Pollination - Including shoot bagging, tassel bagging, pollination, phenotypical data collection such as but not limited to plant height, ear height, leaf angles.

General Farm Labor: Workers may be required to perform general farm labor job duties including cleanup of working area or other tasks as needed.

Other Requirements: Workers seeking employment under this job order must be available for entire period requested by the employer.

The employer retains the right to discharge any obviously unqualified worker, malingerer, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able to complete the work but does not demonstrate a willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.

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.