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Cutter - Worker will walk in uneven furrows behind a harvesting machine platform. Using hands, the worker will bend at the waist and grasp a cantaloupe and snap the vine at the head. Worker will then place head onto table. The process is repeated.\ Packer - Depending on pack required, worker will sort into carton or tote to designated count. Once totes or cartons are filled to designated count, they are closed or covered and placed on conveyor.\ Stacker Worker will lay 40-pound pallet in a row on trailer. Worker will remove cartons from take away belt and stack six (6) or seven (7) high on pallet. During stacking, the worker will place a 1 1/4W by 48 L slat in between every two levels of cartons. Worker will then place a nylon three (3) straps with buckle around pallet stacks and buckle.\ Carton Maker Worker are made by unfolding and bending the carton as designated to form a box and place a sticker on carton.\ Tractor/Forklift Driver/Machine operator Will place pallets and load boxes on platform. Place V-boards and tie down load. Transport trailer from the field to the staging area\ Weeding Description - Using a 6 broad bladed lettuce knife, worker will insert knife into ground next to base of weed and pull with fingers.

Workers will pick up and place pre-cut melons {2 to 24Ibs each) into cardboard bins until full. A worker will place a 50Ib pallet (40\"Wx40\"Dx4\"H) flat on trailer and assemble the cardboard bin and place on top of pallet. Workers will stand in a line 4 in a row. Each worker will pick up and pass a melon to the next worker. The melon will be passed up to the top of a trailer and placed in the cardboard bins until full. Once full, a worker will assemble a cardboard bin and place another pallet on top of the full bin and the empty bin will be filled. Each trailer holds either 10 or 12 full bins. Worker will remove melons from bin and place watermelon on conveyor in which each watermelon is graded (sized) by automated grading (sizing) machine. Labeler will place pre-pasted stickers on each melon. Worker will stand at the end of the Grading Machine and pick up Graded (Sized) melon and place into the designated bin for that particular size.

Tractor Driver - Will place pallets and load boxes on platform. Place V-boards and tie down load. Transport trailer from the field to trucking staging area.

Forklift Operator - Operator will move full bin of melons to grading table. Operator will stack and unstack pallets of packed product as directed and trained by Supervisory Personnel.

Weeding - Using a 6\" broad bladed lettuce knife, worker will insert knife into ground next to base of weed and pull with fingers.

Turning vines - Worker will walk through a field and bend over and move vines from bottom of furrow to the top

Worker must attend required orientation, which time will be compensated. All workers will be evaluated by their supervisor with\ respect to appropriately handle crops and similar factors. Workers whose job performance is sloppy, inconsistent, inefficient, or improper may be terminated for cause.