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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

249

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' to 20' ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into tub. 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, and carrying a large number of sacks of fruit from the area in which the fruit is being harvested to the location of the tub. Grove Clean-Up and General Farm Labor: Workers may help with applying the new citrus greening treatment via trunk injections, by drilling a hole in the trunk 30 cm below the first branch to a depth of 2 to 3 cm using a 7.14 mm drill bit. The worker will place an arbor plug into each hole for proper seal with an arbor plug seter, and a rubber hammer. Workers on physical work restrictions or when harvesting work is not available may be required to perform miscellaneous clean-up work on grove property, on grove structures, and on employer-provided housing. Such clean-up activities include the sprouting, pruning, and painting of trees; debris, weed, and vine removal; irrigation repair; housing and structure cleaning and repair; and other general farm labor or grove clean-up as required.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Drug/Alcohol Testing: Alta Citrus may conduct a drug/alcohol test post-employment and/or accident at the employers expense.

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

ALTA Citrus, LLC

Location:

Avon Park, FL 33826

Worksite

Address:

Alico Fruit Company / 27° 46' 41.052'' NC. Davis Road, Frostproof, FL 33843

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23271-391557

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Valencia (fresh) $0.95 per 90 lb field box (minimum 8.53 90 lb field boxes per hour); Estimated hourly wage equivalent is $15.20, or 16 field boxes per hour; $14.33 per hour guaranteed.

Date Posted:

10/20/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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