Farmworkers Position Available In Hillsborough, Florida

This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2364163

Dates of Need:

6/16/2025-11/1/2025. The farm work position includesduties associated with the cultivating, harvesting, distribution andpacking of strawberry plants. This work can require standing, walking,stooping, bending, and lifting up to 25 pounds for long periods of timeoutdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making importantdecisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribedstandards. This work requires adherence to important food safety andquality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quicklyand consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional,team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health offellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume thefresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.

Plastic and Drip Irrigation:

Workers will help install black plastic anddrip irrigation on rows in the field being careful to cover all of theexposed edges of plastic cover with soil and being careful not to tearor punch holes in plastic. Workers may be asked to utilize implementsassociated with the installation of the plastic row covers incidental toperforming required tasks on the ground.Workers will pick up by hand, band strawberry plants, box and loadregister non-dormant plants. Workers will pick up strawberry plants, boxand load register dormant plants. Workers will cut the tips ofstrawberry plants, box and load onto trailer. Workers will cut the tipsof strawberry plants, box and place in trays.

Strawberry Field Maintenance:

Removing weeds, cutting runners, cuttingleaves, fixing row beds, removing plastic and drip tape, etc.When packing is completed, the workers will assist in removing the berryplants from the plastic and prepare for planting the next crop. In someinstances, workers may be required to remove the plastic and dripirrigation tape from the row and load on the trucks for removal fromfield.

Loading & Unloading:

Workers will be required to load and unload producefor sale at markets. Workers must take care when handling produce to notdrop, damage, or scar produce. Wheel and/or cooler door chocks must beused at all times.

Farm, Field and Shed Sanitation:

Workers may be responsible for pickingup trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping and mopping floors, cleaningpacking line equipment and other similar farm and shed sanitation aspart of SOPs and SSOPs within Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs),Good Handling Practices (GHPs), and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)for Food Safety. This includes personal hygiene and handling the fruitin the field and shed with an emphasis on food safety, sanitizing allharvesting and packing equipment and keeping the fields and shed asclean as possible. For food and general personal safety purposes, allworkers will be required and expected to follow common sanitarypractices at all times. This is particularly critical when handharvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required tocleanse their hands bywashing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom andbefore entering the fields for harvest activities or the packingfacility for packing operations.

Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for longperiods of time. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, relatedchemicals, etc. may affect workers ability to perform the job. Workersshould be physically able to do the work required with or withoutreasonable accommodations. Workers are exposed to wet weather early inthe morning and heat throughout the day while working in the fields.

Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to workduring occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations.

Workers will re ort to work at the designated time and place as directedby the grower each day. The standard work is 6 hours per day. In peakperiods of seasonal crop demands, employees may be requested but notrequired to work up to 12 or more hours per day and/or on the Sabbath orFederal holidays depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather,orders, and maturity of the crop. Employees may volunteer to workadditional hours when work is available. Workers should expectoccasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop orother conditions beyond the employers control. These periods can occurany time throughout the season. All operational specifications canchange during the season due to crop or market condition. Workers willbe expected to conform to the specific instructions given for each dayswork. A farm manager, supervisor, or a designated employee will provideinstructions and general supervision. The grower or supervisor will makedaily individual work assignments, team or crew assignments, anddetermine location of work as the needs of the operation dictates.

Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day anddifferent tasks on different days. Person seeking employment as a farmlaborer must be available for the entire period requested by theemployer and possess 3 months experience hand harvesting produce. Alldomestic and/or nonresident seasonal workers employed pursuant to thisjob order who satisfactorily completed the previous crop