H-2A · Agriculture

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs

SB Harvesting, Inc.

Zolfo Springs, FL — United States

Job duties

Official text in English.

Workers will perform assign duties as instructed by their supervisor. Workers must have the correct type of license required by State and Federals laws, and drivers responsible for transporting workers will be required to have a valid and unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor or Federal Farm Labor Contractor Employee Registration with driving authorization. Will be responsible for operating the vehicles used to move crops on the farm. Must be able to safely operate the buses that are used to transport workers to and from work sites. Operate forklifts and equipment used to move supplies and harvesting equipment in the field. Maintain harvest equipment. Must be able to reach, bend and lift items weighing 100 pounds. The alternative work if needed will be to assist with general farm work and the manual labor in the nursery The Specialized Farm Labor position includes the planting, growing, maintenance, and packing of plant material. All workers are required to adhere to important safety, quality and production standards alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers. Primary Responsibilities include: • Accurately and quickly planting young plant material (plugs or liners) while on potting line conveyor • Accurately and quickly pruning plant material to designated specifications • Applying cares tags and bar codes • Assembling, disassembling and/or repairing shipping racks for use or storage • Assembling and/or moving plant material on shipping trays • Applying fertilizer • Unloading trucks and rearranging racks with or without plant material • Pulling, loading, offloading and/or consolidating plant material (plants, plugs or liners) to/from field or production barn as needed and according to job orders and instructions

Requirements

This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning. Due to the type of work involved, there is a Probationary Period of five (5) days beginning with the first day of employment, to show possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to perform this type of work. A drivers' licenses and Farm Labor Contractor Certificate with Driving authorizations as required by local, state, and federal laws and regulations.

Housing

Employer Owned. The employer will provide housing, without charge to the worker, the employer will require workers to reimburse the employer for damage caused to housing by the individual workers found to have been responsible for damage. Workers should maintain housing in a neat, clean manner. Family Housing is not available and is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. In the event a female worker is hired, separate toilet, shower, and sleeping rooms will be provided.

Transportation

For workers hired from beyond normal commuting distance, after completion of 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer shall reimburse the worker for cost incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence, as required by DOL regulations, from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer to the place of employment.

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