General Farm Labor/ Harvesting
Employer
38°38'53.2"N 75°38'22.5"W
Seaford, DE 19973
United States
Job description
WATERMELON- Perform manual labor to hand cut watermelons. Use hand tools such as shears and knives. Duties also include cleaning, loading, and unloading harvested products, moving farm equipment and forklift . Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in
containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Measure, weight and count products and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials and products. Clean and maintain work areas. Must assist with all Good Agricultural Practice policies. Perform prolonged bending, reaching, and lifting up to 50lbs. Grove Clean-up and duties: Workers may be required to perform miscellaneous grove clean-up work. These activities may include removing debris, boxes, discarded fruit from fields to clean growing area, pruning, painting trees, repair and or replace irrigation equipment, may maintain fence lines and moving farm equipment. Keeping floors, belts, tables and bathrooms cleaned
daily is also part of the piece rate. Moving pallets, and building boxes and lids are also a part of the total experience. Workers performing grove clean-up work will be paid the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing rate minimum wage rate, the agreed upon collective bargaining wage or the Federal or State minimum wage whichever is higher. Farm Equipment and Vehicle Operation-The workers may need to use various farm equipment and vehicles to transport him/herself or other workers to and throughout the work-site to perform the watermelon harvesting work. The workers must use safety and precaution when using the farm equipment and vehicles. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. A copy of the work contract or a copy of the ETA 790 in
lieu of a work contract, and any modifications, will be provided to the worker on the day the work commences.
Special Requirements
No Consumption of alcohol
All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the worker to perform job duties.
Sin consumo de alcohol.
Todas las herramientas, suministros y equipos se proporcionarn sin costo al trabajador para realizar sus tareas laborales.