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JOB TITLE: Utility Right of Way Groundskeeping Workers MULTIPLE WORKSITES:
NUMBER OF OPENINGS: 20
JOB DESCRIPTION: 20 Temporary LANDSCAPING ROW Workers, UFL, 03/30/2024-11/15/2024. Under supervision, the duties performed are manual labor necessary for Temporary full-time seasonal position Brush Clearer for utility Right of Way activities to develop, maintain, or protect the areas of rights of way, and rangelands through such activities as spray/inject fertilizer, herbicide, on shrubs, trees, foliage using hand/auto sprayers according to standardized charts and/or verbal instruction and other related Brush Clearer for utility right of way activities as per SOC/OES 37-3011 (onetonline.org). Must walk substantially (up to 15 miles daily), also stoop, bend while carrying a pack (up to 50bs) through rough terrain (non-trail). Attention to detail; complete work tasks timely. Spray/inject vegetation with herbicides to reduce insects, pests, and diseases and on competing vegetation, use of backpack sprayer.
REQUIREMENTS:Drug, alcohol, tobacco free work zone; if Supervisor observes worker possibly under influence drugs/alcohol employer paid testing, failure to participate, failed test=dismissal.
WORK HOURS: Monday - Friday Time varies
ON THE JOB TRAINING PROVIDED:
WAGE OFFER: $14.92 - $17.46 per hour paid weekly / Overtime $22.38 - $26.19 per hour
All deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law will be made.
EMPLOYER ASSURANCES
BOARD, LODGING, OR FRINGE BENEFITS Employer offers assistance locating lodging by supplying list public accommodation options, cost varies by location. Workers not reqd. to stay such housing. Employer pay cost of lodging to extent reqd. by law.
DAILY TRANSPORTATION (OPTIONAL) Workers are responsible for daily transportation to and from the designated pick-up location. Employer will then provide each work crew with daily transportation among the worksite locations.
FIRST WORKWEEK GUARANTEE Workers will be reimbursed in the first workweek for all visas, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (except passport fees).
Inbound / Outbound Transportation and Subsistence If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, the employer will provide or pay for the worker's reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer or where the employer has appropriately reported a worker's voluntary abandonment of employment. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily meals will be provided at a rate of at least $15.46 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts.
Provision of Tools, Supplies, and Equipment The employer will provide workers at no charge all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the job.
Single Workweek for Pay The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due.
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