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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

400

Job Duties:

Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. 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. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect workers ability to perform the work described herein. Harvesting Iceberg Wrap Lettuce: The lettuce cutters will line up in designated lettuce row. Workers will bend over each lettuce to cut. After cutting the lettuce, workers will inspect and trim. Workers will then put lettuce in a bag and put the bag on a stainless-steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutters as they proceed on their row. Incidental Duties: Some workers may be requested to be working crew leaders. These workers will be chosen based on several factors including the workers 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 Corn Puller: A corn puller will first be taken to designated field ready to be cut and harvested for the day. Once the corn puller is properly ready for work, the corn puller will line up in corn rows designated for him to pull. The worker will then proceed to stand in his or her area and bend over to each stack and snap off ears of corn that are available to pull with his hands. After snapping off ears of corn, he will inspect them and then throw them onto tables that are located on the corn harvesting machine that will be moving behind the corn pullers as they continue to move forward in their designated rows. Everyday there will be different corn orders, there will be days when it will contain certain specifications on what needs to be cut, for example when dealing with first and secondary ear of corn etc. Depending on what the corn stalks have on them. The workers will be pulling corn, always keeping in mind that he will always have to meet company quality standards. Meeting these standards is a very important part of the job and the corn puller will have three to four days to train for these quality standards and the quantity of work expected from them and any other coworker doing the same job. A corn puller should harvest a minimum of 50 boxes of corn per hour to be able to move along with the machinery that will be continually advancing behind them; we expect any new corn pullers to meet the same minimum within the first 5 days of work. 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 he is 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 worker. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the workers refusal or negligence to return the tools or due to such workers willful damage or destruction of the tools.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Workers will perform various tasks in hand harvesting crops according to supervisors instructions. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Three G Trucking, Inc

Location:

South Bay, FL 33493

Telephone Number:

+15614499260

Worksite

Address:

26°35’51.0” N, 80°32’31.0” W, Belle Glade, FL 33430

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-21280-630902

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

10/25/2021

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