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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

56

Job Duties:

The worker will perform job duties as assigned by supervisor. They will vary from time to time depending on crop ripening and weather. The cucumber harvesting, packing, and field work season is temporary and will last from October to December. In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to work outside 6 to 7 hours a day in all kinds of weather including, but not limited to extreme cold and hot conditions, direct sunlight, and rain and have the required physical strength and endurance to perform the work rapidly and skillfully with their hands. Workers will perform prolonged walking, bending, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying 0-75 lbs. The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the workers refusal or negligent failure to return the tools or due to such workers willful damage or destruction of the tools. Field Work- The employee will perform various field work to include but not limited to the following: Prepare the fields for planting-this will consist of putting down and taking off plastic ground cover, digging trenches, installing and repairing irrigation, planting, weeding, picking up trash, burning trash, and other miscellaneous work. Stringing and Unstringing crop-the employee will take the plant, vine, or bush and place down stakes and tie string from stake to stake and then secure the vine or bush around the twine to help keep it off the ground. At the end of the harvesting season the workers will remove the stakes, twine, and plastic ground cover. Cucumber Hand Harvesting and Packing- In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to walk down the field row carrying a harvesting bucket and bend down and look for the ripe cucumbers, gently twist them off the vine and place them in the harvesting bucket. The worker then takes the full bucket of cucumbers over to the loading truck and hands it to the truck loader to dump them into large plastic bins. An empty bucket is given back to the worker and the process is started again.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

The worker must be responsible and consistent on the job. The worker must be able to lift 0-75 lbs., do repetitive movements, extensive pushing and pulling, walking, frequent stooping continuously throughout the day, and work in all kinds of weather conditions.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

MULTI STATE LABOR, LLC.

Location:

LAKE PLACID, FL 33852

Worksite

Address:

33933 HWY 441 N, OKEECHOBEE, FL 34972

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24216-243021

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Cucumber Hand Harvesting- 1 1/9 Bushel Hamper . 15 Hampers Per Hour. The Average Hourly Rate of Pay per Hour Per Worker is $9.75. Guaranteed Rate $14.77 per Hour.

Date Posted:

9/11/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.65

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