Farmworkers and Laborers

Sod Harvesting: Under close, direct supervision, workers will perform routine, entry-level manual tasks to harvest sod. Workers will ride on or walk alongside the sod harvester, manually take cut sod from the machine's conveyor belt, and stack it onto wooden pallets. At the end of the shift, workers will perform basic routine equipment care, including applying lubricant with a hand grease gun and topping off fuel tanks for the following work day. All tasks are basic, routine, and require no prior experience, special training, or licenses.

Workers must be able to perform strenuous manual labor outdoors for extended periods in varying weather conditions, including heat, cold, humidity, wind, and rain, for the total hours offered in the work contract. Duties require physical strength and stamina to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, lift, carry, reach, and stand for prolonged periods. Workers must be able to perform repetitive hand and arm movements throughout the workday while maintaining a continuous workflow. The employer will provide, at no cost to the worker, all tools, supplies, equipment, and personal protective equipment required to perform the assigned duties. Consistent with applicable law, the employer may recover the reasonable cost of repairing or replacing tools or equipment damaged through a worker’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, provided any such deduction is authorized in writing by the worker after the damage occurs and does not reduce the AEWR or any applicable minimum wage requirement. At the employer’s sole discretion, workers may receive bonus compensation or pay above the offered wage rate based on factors such as tenure, attendance, or overall work quality, provided such payments apply consistently and do not modify the baseline terms and conditions of employment stated in this clearance order.

Requirements: 1 months of experience. 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.

Este tipo de trabajo implica condiciones de trabajo que requieren una resistencia tremenda, un alto nivel de actividad fisica en condiciones de frio o calor extremo bajo la luz solar directa y en condiciones climaticas adversas como la lluvia. El trabajo requiere un alto nivel de acondicionamiento fisico.