fruit and vegetable field work, harvesting & packing

O trabalhador desempenhará as funções atribuídas pelo supervisor. Eles variam de tempos em tempos, dependendo do amadurecimento da cultura e do clima. A época de colheita e embalagem de frutas e legumes é temporária e durará de junho a outubro. Colheita manual de pimentão - Para realizar esse tipo de trabalho, os trabalhadores podem caminhar pela fileira do campo carregando um cesto de colheita, abaixar-se e procurar os pimentões maduros, torcê-los suavemente do arbusto e colocá-los no cesto de colheita. O trabalhador então levará todo o cesto de pimentas para o caminhão de carregamento e o entregará ao carregador de caminhões para despejar nas grandes lixeiras de plástico no caminhão de carregamento. O cesto vazio é devolvido ao trabalhador e o processo é iniciado novamente.

Embalagem de Pimentão - O pimentão é transportado para o galpão de embalagem. Na sua chegada, as grandes caixas de plástico são descarregadas por uma empilhadeira e colocadas em uma correia transportadora. A correia transportadora despeja o pimentão das caixas de plástico para outra correia transportadora. The group of workers on the conveyer belt are responsible for sorting, labeling, assembling the cardboard boxes, and packing the bell pepper in cardboard containers according to specifications given by the supervisor.

Corn Hand Harvesting- In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to walk down the field row and look for the ripe corn and cut the crop off the plant by pulling in a downward motion. The corn is then placed in harvesting crates until full. The worker then takes the full crates to the loader on the loading truck. They are given an empty crate, and the process is started again.

Corn Packing-The corn is transported to the packing shed. Upon its arrival, the crates are unloaded by a forklift and placed on a conveyer belt. The conveyor belt dumps the corn out of the crates onto another conveyor belt. The group of workers on the conveyer belt are responsible for sorting, labeling, assembling the crates and packing the corn in crates according to specifications given by the supervisor.

Watermelon Hand Harvesting-In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to walk down the field row and use a knife to hand cut ripe watermelons off the vine for harvesting. The watermelons are then loaded in a bus by forming part of an assembly line, in which the first worker bends down picks up the watermelon and it is passed on to consecutive workers by passing, catching, lifting, until it reaches the worker on the bus, who then sets it down and stacks them until the bus is considered full.

Watermelon Packing- The watermelon is transported by bus to the packing shed. Upon its arrival, it is unloaded by a group of workers and placed on a conveyer belt. The group of workers on the conveyer belt are responsible for sorting, labeling, and packing the watermelon in cardboard containers. While the workers are waiting on the next load of watermelons to arrive, they will be responsible for assembling cardboard containers. Cantaloupe Hand Harvesting-In order to perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to walk down the field row and bend down to hold the vine steady and apply downward pressure on the melon while simultaneously twisting it around the stem slowly until the ripe cantaloupe comes off the vine. The cantaloupes are then loaded in a bus by forming part of an assembly line, in which the first worker bends down picks up the cantaloupe and it is passed on to consecutive workers by passing, catching, lifting, until it reaches the worker on the bus, who then sets it down and stacks them until the bus is considered full.

Cantaloupe Packing- The cantaloupe is transported by bus to the packing shed. Upon its arrival, it is unloaded by a group of workers and placed on a conveyer belt. The group of workers on the conveyer belt are responsible for sorting, labeling, and packing the watermelon in cardboard containers. While the workers are waiting on the next load of cantaloupes to arrive, they will be