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Agricultural Grader, Sorter, Packer (Fruit)

• Country: United States
• Visa type: H-2B
• Job ID: H-400-26184-076663 (Open on offer list)
• Employer name: Confidential
• Employees needed: 43
• E-mail (employer): Confidential
• E-mail (agent): Confidential
• Phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
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• Working hours per week: 35
• Wage: 19.48 USD / Hour
• OFLC Certification: ACCEPTED - PENDING RECRUITMENT
• Start date: 09/30/2026
• End date: 06/14/2027
• Process date: 07/20/2026 21:00:00
• Submit date: Confidential
• Offer description:

  Agricultural Grader, Sorter, and Packer to perform grading, sorting, and packaging of fruit in a warehouse setting. The Agricultural Grader, Sorter, and Packer is responsible for the selection and packaging of imported winter melons such as cantaloupes, honeydews, mini watermelons, watermelons, and yellowdews. The Agricultural Grader, Sorter, and Packer must examine and inspect fruit to ensure that the packing specifications are met. The melons are selected and packed in packinghouses in countries with warmer weather during the winter months, such as Guatemala and Honduras. However, due to ocean transit time and the melons' natural aging process, the product must be re-inspected once it arrives to the warehouse to meet quality and food safety standards. Agricultural Graders, Sorters, and Packers are trained to identify quality and food safety issues. Additionally, they can differentiate between various grades of condition and quality. In addition to inspecting the melons, the Agricultural Graders, Sorters, and Packers are also responsible for repacking product that does not meet specific quality standards. Agricultural Graders, Sorters, and Packers are trained to operate a selector machine that aids in selecting the melons. Once the product is carefully sorted, the Agricultural Graders, Sorters, and Packers repack the product according to size, commodity, and customer specifications. Minimum Job Requirements and/or Alternative Job Requirements specifications. Responsibilities & Duties: Place products in containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Weigh products or estimate their weight, visually or by feel. Discard inferior or defective products or foreign matter, and place acceptable products in containers for further processing. Grade and sort products according to factors such as color, species, length, width, appearance, feel, smell, and quality to ensure correct processing and usage. Record grade or identification numbers on tags or on shipping, receiving, or sales sheets. Perform production duties such as manual lifting, packaging, labeling and sorting using hands. Report defective product or questionable conditions to the department supervisor. Maintain the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follow prescribed food safety regulations. Perform related duties as required by supervision. Total Hours per week:35. Work on Sundays may be requested. 6 hours a day Monday through Friday and 5 hours on Saturday, 35 hours per week for regular time with compensable overtime each week. Salary: Workers will be paid no less than $19.48 per hour. A higher rate may apply based on experience, productivity and/or market conditions. Workers will be paid BIWEEKLY by direct deposit or check. Overtime hours may vary, depending on weather or other conditions. Overtime Wage $29.22 per hour. The Employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Overtime is after 40 hours worked in a work week. Other Hiring Benefits: Yes. Paid sick leave (when eligible), Medical Insurance (if eligible), 401k plan (if eligible and employee opts in). A relocation allowance is offered and is an amount of money calculated by the number of days worked x pay rate (stablished by the Management), which workers are offered when they complete the full season and return to their home country, or for domestic workers, to their principal place of residence. Contact Dates: 10/1/2026 until 6/15/2027.If, before the expiration date specified in the job order, the services of a worker are no longer required for reasons beyond the control of the employer due to fire, weather, other Act of God, or similar, unforeseeable man-made catastrophic event, the employer may terminate the job order with written approval of the Certifying Officer, and will make efforts to transfer the workers to comparable employment, or if transfer is not effected, provide return transportation for the worker as specified in the regulations

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