Farmworkers and Laborers, Crops

Job Duties Preharvest and postharvest work, such as planting (including grafting) and cultivating coffee plantations, and harvesting the products. Workers are required to hand pick ripe coffee, for no less than 80% of the total harvest, with a basket around the waist with a minimum rate of 28 pounds per hour, 8 hours per day. Skilled laborers should be able to pick at least 28 pounds of ripe coffee in one hour. Most of the workdays are spent outdoors on one's feet, with constant movement as they move from one field to another.…