SeasonalJobs.dol.gov

Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

60

Job Duties:

Workers will perform duties associated with and directly related to pine straw harvest, Including but not limited to, choosing 7 rows of pines, picking up sticks and using a rake to rake the straw and make a large pile, then bailing the pine straw and compating the straw with a shovel. The employer will provide all tools, supplies, and equipment necessary to perform the job at no cost to the worker. In order to perform the tasks the worker will utilize essential tools such as but not limited to: Pine straw rake, pitchfork, shovel, leaf blowers, box baler, bailing twine, work gloves, eye and hearing protection, sturdy work boots. The workers will obtain the pine straw from pine fields. The workers activities every year, along the employment period are remove grass, shrubs, cones, and other debris from the baling rows. Every fifth or sixth row can be used as a debris row to keep the baling rows cleared. The workers will then rake pine needles by hand into windrows in the center of the baling rows. They need to be sure to exclude insects, weeds, and debris from the pine straw windrows to ensure high-quality straw to the customers that requested the product. The baler should follow the raker down the windrows with a box baler, packing the bales into the baler and ensuring the twine is tight enough to hold the straw bales, sometimes this is difficult, the key to baling is the ability to wrap twine around the straw to hold it together, the employer offers training post hire and assist the workers whenever is neccesary. When the pine straw bales are tightly packaged and dry, the workers need to haul the bales on trailers or to a storage facility.

Job Classification:

37-3011.00 - Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

THE WORKER NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO RAKE AND BALE PINESTRAW PROPERLY, NEEDS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE TO MAKE REPETITIVE MOVES, BEND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, EXTENSIVE PUSHING AND PULLING, EXTENSIVE WALKING ARE IMPLIED BUT NOT LIMITED TO. APPLICANTS MUST: *HAVE NO PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS. *MUST BE ABLE FOR EXTENSIVE, STOOPING, WALKING, PUSHING AND PULLING. *MUST BE ABLE TO LIFT 60/80 LBS. *APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO BALE 120 BALES PER DAY. *APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO BE EXPOSED TO EXTREME TEMPERATURES OR OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS. *MINIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT 18 YEARS OLD. *THE EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE 2 DAYS OF TRAINING POST HIRE.

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

BENNY AND SONS PINE STRAW LLC

Location:

LIVE OAK, FL 32060

Worksite

Address:

12896 181 ST RD, LIVE OAK, FL 32060

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-400-26184-077961

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

7/14/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

Share