Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery And Greenhouse
Employer
0 Gallagher Road
Plant City, FL 33565
United States
Job description
Workers will move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, grading berries while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality and quantity as directed. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit, sort and pack all good berries into specified containers, within the box, according to very high quality standards as set forth in the Company food safety policy and standard operating procedures. Bad berries will be packed or disposed of as determined by the Supervisor. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising. Bruising will weaken the berry. Each harvesting worker is expected to move with the crew from row to row to maintain the efficiency level. Upon completion of each box picked, the worker will take his/her packed box to the crate shed to be viewed for grade, and receive a new box with containers. Any containers that are over or under packed, or consist of poor quality fruit, will be returned to the worker for repacking. Upon completion of an assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality continues to be an issue.
Runner Cutting/Trimming: Worker will walk down row as instructed and cut/trim runners, leaves and blooms as directed from each strawberry plant as necessary.
Strawberry Planting: While carrying a bag or strawberry plants, worker will walk down, while bending, and place one or two plants into each hole in the plastic as instructed and frim dirt around plant.
Freeze Protection Activities: May assist regardless of time of day, in keeping overhead irrigation with birds free of ice during freezing weather.
Assist in Plastic Laying: Worker will hold plastic at end of row as machine moved down row unrolling plastic. Worker will even up ends of row with a shovel to make them straight, also will clean out ditches at end of row. Unload plastic and drip-tape from truck and load plastic and drip-tape on field machine as needed. May be instructed to remove or reinstall rain bird.
Drip-tape Hook Up: Workers will be required to cut drip-tape at end of bed as instructed and hook up drip-tape to main water line.
Weeding: Workers will remove weeds by use of a hoe from the walk-way and remove all weeds growing around plants by hand. Workers will remove weeds from the growing area, by raking piles of debris and dispose of it as instructed.
Plastic and Drip-tape Removal: Unhook drip-tape from main water line, walk down row while puling plastic down the bed until it is completely removed. Take removed plastic to proper disposal or burning station, as instructed.
Special Requirements
See Addendum C