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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

99

Job Duties:

Hand-Harvesting Strawberries: Each worker must place a pre-printed numeric sticker to each box. The numeric sticker roll will be assigned to the worker by the supervisor. Packed boxes will not be accepted without the sticker. Workers will move down the assigned rows with picking cart, picking all ripe berries, grading berries in the field while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality and quantity as directed by the supervisor. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit, sort and pack all good berries into specified containers within the box, according to very high-quality standards set forth in the company food safety policy and standard operation procedures. Bad berries will be packed or disposed of as determined by the supervisor. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising. Bruising will weaken the berry. Each worker is expected to move with the crew from row to row to maintain the efficiency level. Upon completion of each box picked, the worker will take his/her completed box to the crate shed to be viewed for grade, palletized and receive credit on his/her picking badge. Any containers that are over or under packed will be returned to the worker for repacking. Upon competition of the assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality becomes an issue. Workers must pick at least 6 flats of 8-1-pound clamshells of strawberries per hour. Cutting-Trimming Strawberry Plants: Worker will walk down row as instructed and cut/trim runners, leaves and brooms from each strawberry plant as necessary. Weeding: Workers will remove weeds by use of a hoe/pickaxe from walkway and remove all weeds growing around plants by hand. Workers will remove weeds from the growing area by raking piles of debris and dispose of it as directed by the supervisor. Plastic and drip-tape removal: Unhook drip-tape from main water line, walk down row while pulling drip-tape up and pulling plastics down the bed until it is completely removed. Remove plastics by pulling plastics up, take removed plastics and drip-tape to proper disposal or burning station, as instructed by the supervisor, located at the end of the row. General Farm Labor: Some of the work required from the worker to be performed that is incidental to farming crops listed in this application may be described as performing hand cultivation duties, weeding or hoeing crops, cleaning, repairing seed beds and racks, or setting up and moving irrigation pipes and equipment. Blueberry Harvesting: Each worker will be given buckets. Workers will move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries and placing them in buckets. Once full, each bucket weights approximately 6lbs. When buckets are filled, the worker will immediately carry the buckets to the picking wagon. At the picking wagon, workers will dump each filled bucket into a lug where the worker will sort through the harvested berries and remove any berries that do not meet the company's quality/food safety standards. Each lug will then be inspected by the worker's supervisor to see if worker is following the company's operating procedures and quality control requirements. Each worker will receive credit for each harvested lug when the supervisor has inspected and approved the lug. Any lug not approved will be returned to the worker to be re-graded. Workers may also be required to field pack blueberries into clam shells at the picking wagon. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality becomes an issue.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

Workers may be required to perform work that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application. All other duties, if any are assigned, will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified Crops, DOT code 407.687-010 (SOC(ONET/OES) code 45-2092.02). This is a demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must be rigorously followed. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug/alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or a positive test may result in immediate termination. All the testing will occur post-hire and not a part of the interview process.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

5 G Harvesting LLC

Location:

BOWLING GREEN, FL 33834

Worksite

Address:

905 Bennet rd, Ona, FL 33865

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25305-356009

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$2.00-/ (8) 1-lb clamshell flat. Estimated hourly rate $16.00 based on workers averaging 8 flats/hr. at $2 piece rate. Piece rate varies based on quality of crop. $14.00 per hour guaranteed.

Date Posted:

11/24/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$2.00

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