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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

15

Job Duties:

Vineyard Worker (Wine Grapes) to perform the following crop activities: Work on hillside grape vineyards all season through harvest, including hoeing with long-handled hoes, pruning, tying, suckering, vine training, planting, shoot positioning, crop thinning, leaf removal, early season crop removal, netting, trellis work, move wires, picking, root picking, irrigation and harvest. Plant new vineyard including digging, raking, clean up and post pounding. Use sharp picking knives, standing and kneeling on ground to pick fruit. Daily work requires lifting, bending, kneeling, walking on uneven ground, and carrying up to 50 pound trays. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary and night shifts will be required. Works as a member of a crew, or individually performing moderately complex tasks that require limited judgment. Use standard tools such as rakes, long-handled hoes and shovels. Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to wine grape field and harvest work including but not limited to packing, closing/stacking boxes in and around the vineyard, tractor driving, basic tractor repairs, and clean-up functions in and around the vineyard. This is primarily a wine grape vineyard and the main work is taking care of grape vines; however, there will be a small percentage of general ranch work. At the end of the season, workers may perform erosion control tasks, including laying hay bales and stream protection. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor.

Job Classification:

45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Must have 3 months of vineyard experience with wine grapes, including pre-harvest work as defined in this application. Workers must be in excellent physical condition, as the vineyard is on steep hillsides. Workers must walk up hills regularly and the vineyard has a 1000 foot elevation change from its lowest to highest vineyard block. See Addendum C.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Alder Springs Vineyard

Company Name:

R. Stuart Bewley

Location:

Laytonville, CA 95454

Worksite

Address:

2000 Bauer Road, Laytonville, CA 95454

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-19352-201787

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/29/2020

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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