Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop

Job description

Workers will pick up and place pre-cut melons {2 to 24Ibs each) into cardboard bins until full. A worker will place a 50Ib pallet (40"Wx40" Dx4"H) flat on the trailer and assemble the cardboard bin and place it on top of the pallet. Workers will stand in line 4 in a row. Each worker will pick up and pass a melon to the next worker. The melon will be passed up to the top of a trailer and placed in the cardboard bins until full. Once full, a worker will assemble a cardboard bin and place another pallet on top of the full bin and the empty bin will be filled. Each trailer holds either 10 or 12 full bins. The worker will remove melons from the bin and place watermelon on the conveyor in which each watermelon is graded (sized) by automated grading (sizing) machine. Labeler will place pre-pasted stickers on each melon. The worker will stand at the end of the Grading Machine and pick up Graded (Sized) melon and place it into the designated bin for that particular size.

Tractor Driver - Will place pallets and load boxes on the platform. Place V-boards and tie down the load. Transport trailer from the field to the trucking staging area.

Forklift Operator - Operator will move full bin of melons to grading table. The operator will stack and unstack pallets of the packed product as directed and trained by Supervisory Personnel.

Weeding - Using a 6" broad-bladed lettuce knife, the worker will insert a knife into the ground next to the base of the weed and pull with fingers.

Turning vines - Worker will walk through a field and bend over and move vines from bottom of the furrow to the top

Special Requirements

see addendum C