Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop
Employer
Martinez & Son's Trucking, LLC
6000 Duda Rd
Belle Galde, FL 334300
United States
Job description
Lettuce: The Lettuce Cutters will line up in designated lettuce rows. Workers will bend over each lettuce to cut. After cutting the lettuce, workers will inspect and trim. Workers will then put the lettuce in a bag and put the bag on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutters as they proceed on their rows.
Romaine lettuce: The cutters (Crew of 12) will be taken to designated fields that are ready for harvest, the cuters will line up in front of the harvest machine, the machine has a conveyor belt that goes around the machine bringing in empty boxes, the cuter will bend over, cut and trim the romaine lettuce, put it inside the box or RPC, each container should have 4 lines of 6 romaine lettuce each, they will close the box and put the box on the conveyor belt to be transported to the back of the machine. On the romaine machine there is a platform were closers, stockers, strapers and pallet jack person work, the crew consist of 10 to 14 workers. The workers should always keep in mind that they have to meet Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc quality standards, meeting these standards is a very important part of the job. Cutters will have 5 days to train for this quality standards and quantity of work expected from them. In order to be able to keep up with the machine, workers should be able to cleanly cut: 12-13 heads per minute of Iceberg wrap lettuce heads, 16-18 heads per minute of Romaine flip top, 16-18 heads per minute of Romaine hearts, 16-20 heads per minute of any naked commodity.
Celery: Cutter will be taken to designated field. The Cutter will line up in the designated celery rows. Workers will then proceed to bend over each celery stalk and cut. After cutting each stalk, they will inspect it and cut and trim bottom and top of the stalk, workers will then lay stalks on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutter as they proceed on their rows, workers will never exceed to put more than 8 to 10 stalks of celery on the table at any given time; packers will be behind the stainless steel table packing the celery as the cutters set the celery on the table. The celery orders will be anywhere from a 7-8 inch stalk and a 12-13 inch stalk, workers should always keep in mind that they need to meet Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc quality Standards. Meeting these standards is a very important part of the job; workers will have 5 days to learn the quality Standards. In order to be able to keep up with the machine, A Celery Cutter cuts a minimum of 600 stalks per hour and we expect any new Celery Cutter to meet the same minimum within the first 5 days of work.
General Maintenance: Workers on physical work restrictions or when harvesting work is not available may be required to perform miscellaneous clean-up work on work site property, on structures utilized in the work site operation, and on housing for harvesting workers. Such clean-up activities include the sprouting, pruning, and painting of trees; debris, weed, and vine removal; irrigation repair; housing and structure cleaning and repair.
Special Requirements
This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning. Due to the type of work involved, there is a Probationary Period of five (5) days beginning with the first day of employment, to show possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to perform this type of work.