H-2A · Agriculture

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

E.J.Y Corporation

Okeechobee, FL — United States

Job duties

Official text in English.

Workers will perform assigned duties as described in this clearance order and as instructed by their supervisors. PLANTING: All crops. Worker will plant and/or replant as needed. These tasks will include repetitive and physically demanding shovel work. Worker may lift up to 60lbs. Worker may be required to ride a mechanical planter (training will be provided). Worker may be required to hand plant using tools such as a spade or hand trowel. Cabbage: The cabbage Cutters will line up in designated cabbage rows. Workers will bend over each cabbage to cut. After cutting the cabbage, workers will inspect and trim. Workers will then put the cabbage in a bag and put the bag on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutters as they proceed on their rows. Workers should be able to keep up with the machine. Kale: Workers will unload packing supplies from equipment. Workers will hand harvest. Pick multiple rows at a time and don't change rows until they get to the other end of the field. Worker will be required to selectively pick only leaves of a certain grade, color and/or size as instructed by the supervisor and discard leaves that do not meet grade standards. Workers will remove any weeds manually by hand that may be in the bunch before continuing. Worker cuts greens with a knife or may break the leaves off by hand according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity. Worker makes uniform bunches, secures bunch together with rubber band or twist ties according to order specifications, places bunches of greens into a container. Worker may place an identification tag on the bunch. For loose or loose with no stem, worker cuts greens with a knife or may be directed to break leaves off by hand according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place leaves in a container. If a container is a box, worker makes the box. Worker closes container after packing and loads container onto wagon/trailer. Defective leaves that do not meet grade standards, as directed by supervisor, will be picked and thrown on ground. Worker may also work on packing equipment where the worker would stand on the back of a harvesting machine and ensure that boxes are filled to the proper level with loose greens. Worker will make the box. Worker will then give the full box to another worker where it will be stacked on a wagon/trailer. Workers will be required to stoop, bend and lift up to 30 pounds for long periods of time. Workers will be terminated immediately if seen intentionally destroying, defacing or causing damage to produce or crops. Lettuce: The Lettuce Cutters will line up in designated lettuce rows. Workers will bend over each lettuce to cut. After cutting the lettuce, workers will inspect and trim. Workers will then put the lettuce in a bag and put the bag on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutters as they proceed on their rows.

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.

Housing

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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