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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

165

Job Duties:

Duties required: picking, planting, pruning, counting, loading and unloading strawberries, blueberries, watermelon and cantaloupe. Other duties may include field and camp sanitation, maintenance, pulling weeds and plastic, laying irrigation pipes and plastic, digging ditches, and occasional grading and packing. This will be done under extreme weather conditions. Heavy bending, stooping and lifting will be involved on a daily basis. A worker must pick at least 6 flats of strawberries per hour. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. In order to perform this kind of work, worker 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 picking process rapidly, working quickly and skillfully with their hands. The first 7 working (business) days of employment are considered as an introductory period as set forth in the Company Employee Handbook. This will be time to learn and understand tasks involved in the job position, your co-workers, and the farm manager and Supervisors. During this time the Company will evaluate the workers suitability for employment and the worker can evaluate the Company as well. Hand-Harvesting Strawberries: Each worker will be assigned a picking badge for identification to the workers employment number. The worker will keep the picking badge throughout the work day. Each worker must place a pre-printed numeric sticker to each box. The numeric sticker roll will have assigned to the worker by the supervisor. Packed boxes will not be accepted with the sticker. Workers will move down to the assigned rows picking all ripe berries, grading berries in the field while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality and quantity as directed by the supervisor. 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 set forth in the company food safety policy and standard operation 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 completed box to the crate shed to be viewed for grade, palletized and receive credit on his/her picking badge. Any containers that are over under packed will be returned to the worker for repacking. Upon competition of the 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. At the end of the workday, workers will keep picking badge for the next work day. Hand-Harvesting Processing Strawberries: Each worker will be assigned a picking badge for identification to the workers employment number. The worker will keep the picking badge throughout the work day. As instructed by the supervisor, worker will move down the row picking all ripe strawberries and discarding any bad berries that show evidence of rot or insect damage. Worker will be instructed by the supervisor to remove the cap of the strawberry with the aid of a slicking tool that is attached to the worker's picking cart. Worker will pick the berry, slide it across slicer to remove cap. Uncapped berry should go into harvesting bucket, weighing approximately 20 pounds when full. Buckets are then taken to crate shed at the end of the row and new bucket is obtained. At the end of the workday, workers will keep picking badge for the next work day. (See attachment for remaining duties.)

Job Classification:

45-2092 - null

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Ability to lift up to 52 pounds. The employer has a drug-free workplace program. Drug screening will be conducted post-hire.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

08:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

TEMP LABOR LLC

Company Name:

TEMPLABOR, LLC

Location:

DOVER, FL 33527

Worksite

Address:

3610 HOLLOWAY RD, PLANT CITY, FL 33567

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-18305-780641

Multiple Worksites:

Yes

Additional Wage Information:

Please note that if the worker is paid a piece rate for any of these activities, the worker will be guaranteed the pay rate that is the highest of the AEWR, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining wage, or the federal or state minimum wage, except where a special procedure is approved for an occupation or specific class of agricultural employment. Most of the jobs associated with this employment are paid by the piece rate, however, $11.29 per hour or a higher prevailing wage rate, if applicable, is guaranteed as a minimum for all hours worked during a pay period. If the worker's total pay for the pay period from piece-rate earnings and hourly wages divided by his total hours worked during that pay period results in average hourly earnings of less than the guaranteed hourly rate, the worker will be provided build-up pay to guaranteed minimum hourly rate.

Date Posted:

11/8/2018

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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