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Published on Oct 24 2024

Bus Drivers

$20.08  per hour
Visa required: H-2A
From Dec 1, 2023 to May 30, 2024

Employer

26°37’.45” N, 080°33’.93” W
Belle Glade, FL 33430
United States

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Job description

Bus Drivers. Qualifying candidates will drive vehicles to assist company with transportation of workers. Driving will involve picking up workers to and from different housing sites and the daily assigned work sites at the end of the day. Drivers are also responsible for filling the vehicle with gasoline, keeping it clean and completion of required documentation.

Lettuce Cutters: 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 tablet 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 cutters 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, strap and pallet jack person work, the crew consist of 10-14 workers. The workers should always keep in mind that they must meet TKM Bengard Farms, LLC 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.

Only workers in possession of a CDL Driver's license or equivalent will be allowed to operate the farm equipment.

The workers in order to perform this kind of work must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the cutting process rapidly, the employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the workers. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the worker's refusal or negligence to return the tools or due to such worker's willful damage or destruction of the tools. worker's willful damage or destruction of the tools.

Incidental Duties: Some workers may be requested to be working crew leaders. These workers will be chosen based on several factors including the worker's performance and tenure. Farm, Field, and Shed Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm, and shed sanitation duties.

Special Requirements

Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process throughout the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks.

Employer Contact Info

+15614499260

[email protected]

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