Farmworker/laborer
Employer
47270 Bermont Rd.
Punta Gorda, FL 33982
United States
Job description
Before employment begins, all workers will be trained on Lady Moon Farms, Inc. policies and processes which includes internal procedures, progressive discipline, food safety protocols, and handling of produce in compliance with the Fair Food Program. The employer will provide workers with 2 days (16 working hours) only in the specific operations of the employer's establishment, work areas, and procedures.
Workers task include planting transplants by hand into plastic rows, weeding by hand, hoeing, harvesting and bunching greens including kales, collards, chards, parsleys, beets, dandelions, mustards, and lettuce, harvesting warm veg items including tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, squash, cucumbers, jalapenos, and watermelons. These warm vegetable items are transported to the packinghouse and will be packed into shipping boxes in the packinghouse. Other field skills include pulling up plastic and staking/tying tomatoes. Some labor in the packing house will be required and this would be grading and packing the above listed warm vegetables in to boxes for shipment. Workers will need to have a minimum 3 months prior experience with general farming and harvesting and/or packing vegetables. Some workers who have experience driving tractors maybe asked to transport harvest wagons from one field to another. Workers will work with general farming hand tools such as rakes, long handled hoes, shovels, etc.
Special Requirements
None