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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

40

Job Duties:

Blueberry Harvesting: Each worker will be assigned a picking badge for identification and for clocking in and out during the workday. The worker will keep the picking badge throughout the workday. Each worker will be given 2-4 buckets. Workers will move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, placing them in buckets. Once full, each bucket weights approximately 6 lbs. When buckets are filled, the worker will immediately carry the bucket to the picking wagon. At the picking wagon, workers will dump each filled bucket into a lug where the worker will sort through the harvested berries and remove any berries that do not meet the companys quality/food safety standards. Each lug will then be inspected by the workers supervisor to see if worker is following the companies operating procedures and quality control requirements. The worker will receive credit for the bucket picked once the Supervisor has inspected and approved the lug. Any lugs that are not approved by the Supervisor will be returned to the worker to be re-graded. Workers fruit that has passed inspection will then be stacked on a pallet. Based upon work performance, advancement is a possibility. This advancement includes, but is not limited to supervising/managing a crew as well as possibly driving a bus as long as licensing requirements are met. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality continues to be an issue. At the end of the workday, workers will present their picking badge to the Supervisor to clock out and to get credit for the full amount of production that the worker picked during the day. Work schedule may change from time to time. The drug tests will be performed post hire for all new hires (domestic or H-2A), and at the employer's expense.

Job Classification:

45-1011.07 - First-Line Supervisors of Agricultural Crop and Horticultural Workers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

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, $13.15 per hour or a higher or lower prevailing wage rate unless rescinded by court order or other action, if applicable, is guaranteed as a minimum for all hours worked during a pay period. If the workers 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 the guaranteed minimum hourly rate.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Overlook Harvesting Company, LLC

Company Name:

Overlook Harvesting Company, LLC

Location:

WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884

Worksite

Address:

6634 NC 11, KELLY, NC 28448

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-21053-091789

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$0.42 per pound

Date Posted:

3/16/2021

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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