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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Field workers will be harvesting mixed vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, celery, cabbage and beets) and performing the following duties: Field workers will be harvesting lettuce, such as romaine, green leaf, red leaf, and butter. They will use a cutting knife to cut the lettuce, put them into a box, put some water on the heads once lettuce is in the box and they will close the box, ready to send to the cooler to get shipped to wholesalers distributors. Lettuce boxes weight between 30 to 50 pounds. Field workers will be cutting tomatoes with small cutting knives; the employee will place the tomatoes in a 15 lb box which is then take to the cooler by the supervisor. Field worker will be harvesting broccoli by cutting the heads from the broccoli plants with a cutting knife, cleaning it, and packing into a carton box and it will be pack in bunches and lost sale by pound. Field workers will be harvesting celery with a cutting knife, packaging it in a box that weigh up 50 pounds, putting them in the trailer and have it ready for the driver to take it to the cooler where wholesalers sent trucks to get pick up. Workers will be harvesting beets by digging into the ground using a special tool that looks that a small shovel to pull out the heads, cleaning those once up and putting them in a box/bag to have it ready to get ship to the cooler. Boxes weigh around 10 pounds 25 pounds and totes weigh over 50 pounds. Workers will also perform planting, irrigating, fertilizing, and weeding with long-handled hoes. Workers will be transplanting plants by putting plants in a transplanting machine; the machine will dig the plant into the ground. Irrigation will be done by the workers, they will be collecting and carrying heavy/30 feet long times and laying them in the ground, connecting them to each other, and turning on the water from a existing well in the ranch, Workers performing irrigation will have to wall through muddy ground. The fertilizing is done by sung a tractor with a fertilizer implement. Weeding is controlled by using a tractor with a cultivator implement. However, workers will be using a long-handled hoe to take the weeds down.

Job Classification:

45-2099.00 - Agricultural Workers, All Other

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties. Such work will temporary and unsubstantial agricultural labor. Main Job Qualifications: Specific requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds frequently and able to use hand tools, including cutting knives. Must be able to work under conditions when skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc. Must be able to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions, including rain, cold, high winds, etc. Work involves frequent bending and working in bend or stooped positions. Must be able to walk and stand up intensively. No smoking, alcohol, drugs (includes Marijuana), firearms in the filed or residential housing. Work is performed in open fields and may involve exposure to mud, dust, wind, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Temperatures can range from 30 degrees Fahrenheit to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the period of employment.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Fresh Value Farms

Company Name:

Juan Pacheco DBA Fresh Value Farms

Location:

Hollister, CA 95023

Worksite

Address:

1650 San Juan HWY, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-20100-472129

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

0

Date Posted:

5/5/2020

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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