Farmworker; Diversified (45.2092.00)
Employer
26.786883, -80.367153
The Acreage, FL 33414
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by supervisors in the planting, cultivation, maintenance, weeding, harvesting, packing, and post-harvest handling of agricultural commodities. Duties may include field preparation, irrigation installation and maintenance, hand weeding, planting, staking, tying, harvesting, field packing, sanitation, and general farm labor activities.
All work is performed outdoors in varying weather conditions including heat, humidity, cold, rain, mud, dust, and direct sunlight.
Herbs: Lay plastic mulch and drip tape using machinery. Load plastic rolls weighing approximately 75–80 lbs. and drip tape rolls weighing approximately 50 lbs. onto machinery. Ride on plastic-laying equipment to ensure proper distribution of plastic and drip tape. Use shovels to tuck plastic ends, repair plastic, and maintain irrigation flow. Perform bed pressing, fertilizer hopper cleanout, row measuring, and numbering. Create walkways and drainage spillways in seep-irrigated fields. Load and unload plant trays from delivery boxes to planting machines. Ride planting machines or walk rows placing plants into holes made by machinery. Fill soil around plants by hand. Replace missing, damaged, or dead plants by carrying trays into the field and resetting plants. Install, connect, maintain, and remove irrigation poly lines and fittings. Perform shovel work as necessary during irrigation installation and removal. Harvest herbs by clipping, cutting, or pulling plants by hand using knives or shears. Form bunches and secure with twist ties or rubber bands as required. Trim, grade, sort, and pack harvested herbs according to quality standards. Carry harvested product and packed boxes to field trucks or designated loading areas. Perform sanitation, labeling, stacking, and general field packing duties. Remove plastic mulch, drip tape, stakes, and field debris. Collect and dispose of broken materials, plastic, and trash from fields.
Specialty Peppers: Clip, cut, or pull specialty peppers from plants by hand. Place harvested peppers into buckets or containers. Carry harvested product to field trucks, mule trains, tanks, or bins. Perform grading, trimming, packing, labeling, and sanitation tasks.
Microgreens: Seed, water, maintain, harvest, trim, grade, pack, and label microgreens according to quality standards. Use knives or scissors to cut microgreens from trays or beds. Carry harvested product to packing and loading areas. Perform sanitation, stacking, labeling, and recordkeeping duties. Clean trays, work areas, and equipment as instructed.
Edible Flowers: Plant, cultivate, harvest, sort, trim, grade, and pack edible flowers by hand according to quality standards. Carefully clip flowers using knives or shears and place into designated containers. Carry harvested flowers to field trucks or packing areas. Perform sanitation, labeling, stacking, and general clean-up duties.
Lettuce: Clip, cut, or pull lettuce heads from fields. Place harvested lettuce into containers and transport to designated loading areas. Perform trimming, grading, packing, and sanitation tasks.
Leafy Greens: Use knives to cut leaves from plants. Form bunches and secure with twist ties or rubber bands. Trim bunches and pack according to quality standards. Carry packed boxes to field trucks for palletizing. Perform grading, trimming, packing, sanitation, stacking, labeling, and recordkeeping duties in the field.
Squash: Clip, cut, or pull squash from plants into buckets. Carry harvested product to trucks, mule trains, tanks, or bins. Perform field packing and sanitation duties.
Special Requirements
Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to post hire and random drug testing at no cost to the employee. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.