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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

20

Job Duties:

Workers will perform described job specifications as instructed by the Farm Manager or Crew Supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include one or more of the following job specifications: Shuttle Bus Driver: Inspect vehicle and safety equipment on bus before driving. Pick up workers at hotel/living quarters and transport workers to work site. Report any accidents/injuries. Keep vehicle clean, transfer workers from one worksite to another when necessary. Assist in timekeeping. Provide documents/licenses to federal agencies when requested. Transport workers back to housing at the end of the workday. Operating a company vehicle during the period of employment the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by the United States or foreign equivalent license to operate the company vehicle in accordance with license restrictions and vehicle classification applicable to that license. Harvesting Citrus: 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 an 18' to 20' ladder from the field truck to the 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.

Job Classification:

53-3053.00 - Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

24

Special Requirements:

Criminal background checks and drug testing: Everglades Harvesting may conduct criminal background checks and/or drug/alcohol testing at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug/alcohol screening is grounds for termination. If involved in an auto accident which you are found to be at fault, you will be subject to termination.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Everglades Harvesting, Inc. (FL #11 SWFL)

Location:

LaBelle, FL 33935

Worksite

Address:

US Sugar Corporation (sugarcane) 26.42'36.94"N 80.51'25.39"W, Lake Harbor, FL 33459

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25155-053025

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/24/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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