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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

52

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. The employer may request workers with driver’s licenses to drive other workers to/from housing and packinghouse daily and to/from grocery store once a week. Those workers may be asked to operate the watermelon bus to packing house. Perform manual labor to hand cut, pack, and re-pack watermelons in the field and in packing house. Duties also include cleaning, loading, and unloading harvested products from watermelon truck into packing house. Packing house is on the farm with 100% of product belonging to Atlantic Produce Growers. Use hand tools such as: shovels, hoes, brooms, scissors, shears, and knives. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Measure, weigh and count products and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials, and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Workers may perform manual labor to pull plastic and weeds from the fields. Workers may drive forklift to load watermelons onto a trailer. Removal of irrigation equipment.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Must be 18 years or older. Employer may conduct criminal background check. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. The majority of the day is spent on ones feet. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift. Lifting Requirement is 5 - 60 lbs. Worker must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required job duties. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

ATLANTIC PRODUCE GROWERS, LLC 2

Location:

VERO BEACH, FL 32966

Telephone Number:

+17724733922

Worksite

Address:

7735 COUNTY ROAD 512, FELLSMERE, FL 32948

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24036-695060

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Workers will be paid a production rate of $80.00 per bus to load watermelon. In order to meet the production standards listed in this application for this specific group activity, a worker will load an average of 3 buses per hour

Date Posted:

2/14/2024

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