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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

72

Job Duties:

Workers will be expected to perform the following: harvest squash, zucchini, corn, okra, jalapenos and bell pepper as well as complete assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Workers may be expected to participate in field picking and packing. Furthermore, workers will be required to pick by hand according to the criteria both described and demonstrated by managers. These criteria include things such as size, color, and the maturity of the squash, zucchini, corn, okra, jalapenos and bell pepper. Moreover, workers may also be expected to participate in field packing with duties including the following: grading and hand sorting, visual inspections, removal of debris, waste, and other foreign materials as the squash, zucchini, corn, okra, jalapenos and bell pepper are sorted and packed by size. Workers may be asked to drive farm equipment in the field, shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches and trenches, stake rows or tie off plants. Continuing, workers may also be asked to manually plant, cultivate, harvest, count, load, and unload vegetables (squash, zucchini, corn, okra, jalapenos and bell pepper). Hand tools the workers may use are shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Also, workers may be asked to repair fences, farm buildings, and land improvement projects as well as clean farm equipment, as needed. Other tasks workers may perform are irrigation duties such as watering squash, zucchini, corn, green beans, okra, jalapenos and bell pepper fields, moving and weed whacking pivots and wells, checking well dripper oil, drops and sprinklers for leaks, trimming headland tree limbs, and retrieving fertilizer tanks. This also includes cleaning and rinsing fertigation tanks between rounds, as well as assisting in the changing of draining of gearboxes, and flat tires on pivots. May drive workers to/from housing to fields and to grocery store once a week. 

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Workers may stand in one place for long periods of time and must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull reach, and lift while performing their required job duties. To ensure the safety of all employees, those operating machinery must be able to communicate with and adequately follow instructions given by supervisors. Employer reserves the right to restrict employees from operational duties who do not demonstrate proficiency to communicate effectively with supervisors to follow instructions and operate all equipment safely at all times to avoid placing other employees and members of the public at risk.

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

Worksite

Address:

20001 SW 344th Street, Florida City, FL 33034

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24265-355104

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

zucchini/squash $.90/per picked bucket. Estimated hourly rate $18.00 based on workers averaging 20 buckets per hour. Piece rate varies based on quality of crop $14.77 per hour guaranteed.

Date Posted:

10/9/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.90

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