Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time.

Spacing Plants: Space pots and reassemble trays as instructed.

Cleaning Plants: Remove weeds and clean plants in pots/trays as instructed.

Sleeving Plants: Cover or wrap plants with provided sleeves as instructed by supervisor.

Pulling Plants: Removing/pulling plants out of greenhouse as instructed

Shipping Operations (Loading): Organize racks/pallets for shipping and load them on truck as instructed.

Operate Farm Equipment: Operate farm equipment such as forklifts and or a farm tractor

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 field packing, 10% growing and maintaining, and 70% harvesting the products. All of the packing is done on in the field, as indicated as secondary agriculture under the FLSA definition of agriculture. 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 range from 5 to 35 pounds during the course of performing all required job specifications.

All work is performed in outdoor agricultural fields and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold and other natural elements. Workers must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight, and conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required job duties. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described.

The work entails exposure to soil, plants, insects, and plant materials such as, but not limited to pesticides and fertilizers. Employer will comply with all worker protection standards and restrictions applicable to the use of pesticides and other chemicals. Workers are required to comply with all applicable worker protections standards as communicated by Supervisors and Farm Managers. Required posters will be placed at applications areas displaying date and time that re-entry is allowed. For the Company to ensure the highest level of food safety within its operation, workers must be able to listen to, and follow verbal instruction by any Company Farm Manager and/or Supervisors and understand the purpose of required posters that are in place.

Stooping and Bending: This activity would be constant for the listed job specifications. When maintaining plants workers must walk along the assigned row in a bent-from-the-waist position, although they can opt for stooping, squatting, etc.

Considerable dexterity is necessary to harvest. Productive workers constantly handle crops using both hands to harvest and use repetitive motions.

Special Requirements

E-Berry Harvest may conduct criminal background and/or drug screening at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug screening is grounds for termination.