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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

23

Job Duties:

Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, sort, and pack blueberries. Walk through assigned row while bending and reaching to pick ripe blueberries by hand without bruising or damaging the fruit or bush. Workers must use care to pick bushes clean of all berries of the correct color and size, as instructed by their supervisor. Green and red berries must not be picked. Berries for fresh fruit markets must not be picked when wet. Defective and low-quality fruit will not be accepted and must be discarded. Workers will not break skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest. Workers must complete their own assigned rows as instructed by the supervisor. Berries will be graded and packed into clam shell containers in flat trays according to supervisor's instructions ensuring that there are no leaks. Once flat trays of clamshells are full, workers will carry two or three trays at one time to trailers located in the fields at the end of the rows where fruit is inspected for quality and weight. Berries may also be harvested into buckets which are then carried to the end of the rows for inspection and dumping. Pre-harvest duties include tilling soil, planting, re-planting, cultivating, weeding, using shears, knives, and other various cultivation tools. Use hand tools such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives. Pull weeds or hoe weeds in the field. Install irrigation equipment, including laying and connecting pipes and hoses. Dig and maintain irrigation ditches, field roads and right-of-ways. Install or remove items required in plasticulture. Install or remove stakes, wire, netting, or string using hammers, wire clippers and other tools. Remove or clean plant debris or vines from ground or around bushes. Crops may be harvested and field packed or packed in the shed. Stack boxes onto pallets, transport vehicles or trailers. Assemble cartons, crates and containers using hand tools. Clean and maintain materials, containers, packing facility, fields, work areas, grounds, and equipment. Operate, repair, and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Clean fields when harvest activities are complete. Workers must have a general understanding of how pruning affects bushes as instructed by the supervisor. Post-hire, employer-paid drug testing is required after a worker has an accident on the job. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Three months of verifiable berry or fruit harvesting experience required. Perform prolonged walking, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, heavy lifting and carrying up to 55 lbs. repeatedly. Perform repetitive movements. Work outside in inclement weather, especially extreme cold, heat and/or wet weather for extensive periods of time. Must be 18 or older. Employer is a drug free workplace. Employer-paid post-accident drug testing required.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Pinebloom Farms LLC

Location:

Albany, GA 31721

Worksite

Address:

4040 Clear Lake Rd (Field and Packing), Newton, GA 39870

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24017-645445

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Incentive: Hand harvest blueberries, per lb. blueberries hand harvest. Estimated hourly wage equivalent is $11.40 based on average 19 piece rate units per hour. Actual piece rate earnings depend on individual factors. Guaranteed $AEWR/hr.

Date Posted:

1/26/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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