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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

30

Job Duties:

Workers will perform various manual tasks. In the fields workers will plant and harvest strawberries. Workers will bend at the waist, and walk in narrow field rows harvesting strawberries. Field rows have been prepared during the months of December and January. Workers will plant the strawberry plants in the prepared rows. The strawberry plantation is done once and is cultivated, irrigated and prepared for its harvest. Workers must also de blossom the plant and cut runners. The plant is giving strawberries from late February to early November. Once the strawberries have been picked, they are packed into cartons and loaded onto trucks for their respective deliveries. During the "off cycles" (June and the end of September) workers are also expected to remove plastic, drip tape, and lay down pipes. All this is done at the work site. The employer will provide to workers referred through the clearance system the number of hours of work for the week beginning with the anticipated date of need, unless the employer has amended the date of need at least 10 working days prior to the original date of need by so notifying the order-holding office. Workers should have at least 1 month of berry harvesting experience or harvesting knowledge. Training will be done once hired. All tools, equipment and supplies needed by workers, to perform daily work, will be provided by the employer.

Job Classification:

45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

Workers should have at least 1 month of berry harvesting experience or harvesting knowledge. Training will be done once hired. All tools, equipment and supplies needed by workers to perform daily work will be provided by the employer.

Number of Hours Per Week:

36

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Oscar Sanchez DBA Ixtapa Farming

Company Name:

Ixtapa Farming

Location:

SANTA MARIA, CA 93455

Worksite

Address:

1520 Prell Road, Santa Maria, CA 93454

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-20044-319816

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$1.65 piece rate per box. The "box" contains eight 1 pound clamshells. When strawberries are used for freezer, then workers are paid $2.00 for every 20 pound box.

Date Posted:

3/12/2020

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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