Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
1233 Lake Wales Alturas Rd
Bartow, FL 33830
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the supervisor's instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' to 20' ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weights between approximately 50 to 80 pounds, depending upon size, condition, and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into tub. In order to perform this kind of work, worker must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the picking process rapidly, working quickly and skillfully with their hands, and carrying a large number of sacks of fruit from the area in which the fruit is being harvested to the location of the tub.
Special Requirements
A criminal background check will be conducted post-hire at the employers expense. Criminal background checks will be conducted
post-hire as the worker will be housed with other Dunson Harvesting workers. Dunson Harvesting Inc. will require a drug test to be
conducted post-hire at the employer's expense.
Translated in Spanish:
Una verificacin de antecedentes penales se llevar a cabo despues de la contratacin a expensas de los empleadores. Las
verificaciones
de antecedentes penales se llevarn a cabo despues de la contratacin, ya que el trabajador sera alojado con otros trabajadores de
Dunson Harvesting. Dunson Harvesting Inc. requiere que se realice una prueba de drogas despues del alquiler a expensas del
empleador.