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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

122

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor, either in the cucumber fields or at the cucumber sorting/ grading shed. In the field, workers will be required to hand weed around corn, cucumbers and soy beans. Workers will also be assigned a row or series of rows and will be required to pick by hand or machine according to criteria described and demonstrated by managers such as size, color and maturity of the cucumbers and place them in field containers or wagons. Workers may be asked to drive tractors in the field, shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches and trenches, stake rows or tie off plants and row markers. Workers may also be asked to manually plant, cultivate, harvest, count, use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. As needed, workers my be asked to repair fences and farm buildings and clean farm equipment. Workers at the grading/ sorting shed will be responsible for unloading containers and wagons on to the conveyors. The grading / sorting process includes visual inspections, hand sorting, removal of debris, waste, and other foreign materials that are with the raw product as it moves along the conveyor system. As the cucumbers are sorted by size, workers may be asked to drive forklifts to move the product away from the sorting deck, clean equipment and shed area. All workers will complete safety training before working around any farm equipment or shed machinery. With confirmation of a valid license, a few workers may be asked to drive other workers to/from housing to fields and to the grocery store once a week. De-tassel Seed Corn: Must be able to walk miles per day while pulling all tassels from plants within the designated female rows, including tassels on tiller/sucker plants. Tassels will be pulled as they emerge and before shedding pollen. Hand weeding, volunteering, and rogueing activities will also be performed. Workers will use a hook to cut stalk at the root and remove all rogues or off type plants that has grown incorrectly or is defective from within and between seed cornrows.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

See Addendum C

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Pride Harvesting, LLC

Company Name:

Pride Harvesting, LLC

Location:

LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33974

Telephone Number:

+12398723429

Worksite

Address:

3481 6th Court, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23087-881715

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

None

Date Posted:

4/7/2023

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