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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Crew Leader: Will transport workers to/from field and/or grocery or any other place that the crew needs to go. Go from crew to crew to make sure tasks are done correctly. Assign daily/weekly jobs to crews and/or individuals. Must be able to identify low-production employees and work with employee to raise production. Will be required to sit in on supervisory team meetings. Shipping/Order Fulfillment: Lifting trays and boxes, pallets, moving tables and climbing over transport lines. Must be able to read and match plant varieties by name. Inside and outside work. Loading orders from the greenhouse into the shipping trailers on racks. The trailer capacities 24 to 26 racks. The trays get placed into the racks then shipped to the customer. Employees will need to understand how to read order numbers, varieties, and different sized trays. The tray sizes used for shipping are 10 pack, 72.84, 144, 288, and 102. Crew leader will be responsible for scanning and verifying each tray that is loaded. Re-working: Reworking is identifying tray sells that are empty/void of seedling and replacing the empty cell with a live seedling. Must be able to match description from tray to tray. Manual dexterity and good use of hands is important. Seed Sow: Seed line operator, must be able to follow directions. Lift and move trays, tables, pallets, and boxes. Climb over transport lines. The main seed line operator will instruct employees on keeping empty trays on the line, keeping the soil hopper filled, and stacking seeded trays onto pallets. Finish Dept: Order pulling, transplant, and work as a team. Lifting trays and moving tables, must be able to climb over transport lines. Outside work. Veg Stick Dept: Must be able to follow directions and meet production schedule. Fast paced environment. Must be able to read and match names on labels. Must be able to sit and/or stand for a long period of time. Lift trays and boxes, move tables and pallets, and be able to climb over transport lines. Inside and Outside work. Elle-pot dept: Must be able to follow direction and meet production schedule. Fast paced environment. Must be able to sit or stand for a long period of time. Lift trays and boxes, move tables and pallets and be able to climb over transport lines. Inside and Outside work. Bed moving Dept: Must be able to follow direction and meet production schedule. Fast paced environment. Must be able to sit and stand for a long period of time. Lift trays and boxes, move tables and pallets and be able to climb over transport lines. Inside and Outside work. Forklift Driving: Employees that show an aptitude to drive equipment will be trained and certified to drive our farm tractor or warehouse forklift. Cleaning/Sweeping/Throwing Garbage Away: Knox Horticulture maintains a clean work environment, this may include sweeping, hosing down floors, and dumping of any unnecessary products including boxes, plastics, plant material, soil media, washing of garbage cans, etc. Lunch Break: All workers will be required to take a one-half hour lunch period in order to rest and eat their lunch meal. The one-half hour lunch period must be a bona fide meal period. Bona fide meal periods are not work time. Bona fide meal periods do not include coffee breaks or time for snacks. The employee must be completely relieved from duty for the purpose of eating regular meals. Ordinarily 30 minutes or more is long enough for a bona fide meal period. These are rest periods. In order for the employer to make a deduction from the worker’s pay for lunch, the worker must be taking bona fide meal periods. The employee is not relieved if he is required to perform any duties, whether active or inactive, while eating. Here is a summary of the lunch policy for this season. At Approximately 12:00 p.m., on a normal workday, crew leader will advise workers of lunch break. At this point, all workers in the crew are required to quit work and take an uninterrupted 30-minute lunch break.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Applicants must be 18 years or older. Crew leader will need to be bilingual to communicate with domestic staff and have a CDL license to transport workers. License required to meet H2A regulations and/or State. Employer may conduct a criminal background check on all new applicants for employment. Workers will be required to work in the most efficient way, understanding metrics, standards, processes, and time frames to get the job done at the same time making safety their top priority for themselves and others. There is a lifting requirement of 50lbs, and workers must be able to do repetitive work. Workers must be able to work in heat and in climate weather. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the worker. Proper work attire is required. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Random drug testing may occur post hire at the employers expense.

Number of Hours Per Week:

48

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

H2A Complete II, Inc. Petition #1

Location:

Southaven, MS 38671

Telephone Number:

+16623934241

Worksite

Address:

940 Avalon Road, Winter Garden , FL 34787

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-21305-680433

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/5/2021

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