- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 27
- Job Duties:
- 27 Unnamed Field Workers
04/01/2021 08/02/2021
Crop: Avocado
Activities: Avocado Harvesting/ Picking, Avocado Packer/Stacker, General Labor, Company vehicle drivers and jeep drivers.
Harvest Avocados:
Using a 28 to 40ft ladder, 9 - 12ft picking pole. Using hand held clippers while carrying a bag of fruit weighing up to 80lbs. Carry bag to bins on road, then deposit of contents from picking bags into large bins. Worker will be required to maneuver a ladder up to 80lbs, up and down steep terrain. Once full, the sack is emptied into bin, this process is repeated until bin is full. Employee will need to walk around the tree, under the tree, and inside the tree and from a ladder to pick the appropriate fruit. The ladder will also have to be moved around the tree by employee and placed in safe positions to ensure entire tree is picked.
Packing Shed: Workers must be able to pack, lift and move full lugs of avocados.
Daily Responsibilities:
-Assemble liners, line and containers using bare hands or some type of authorized tools.
-Attention to detail to report quality discrepancies and fill reports as needed.
- Clean containers, materials, supplies or work areas, using food approved cleaning solutions and equipment.
-May weigh packet avocado or remove to obtain specified weigh.
-Must be able to lift 40 lbs. continuously.
- Must be able to reach overhead.
-Must be physically fit in order to stand, walk, bend, kneel and do repetitive movements for long/extended periods of time. loads up to 40 lb. with no difficulty.
- Must contact supervisor of any product defects.
-Must keep sorting/packing station in order and clean.
- Must wear weight belt whenever lifting. Needs to be able to examine/ determine between sizes of fruit and quality to ensure that packing specifications are met.
-Needs to be able to have great hand abilities and eye coordination for sorting and packing avocados.
-Needs to be able to pack boxes fast. Packs avocado arranging in successive rows in container.
-Remove completed or defective product, placing them on moving equipment such as conveyors or in specified areas such as loading docks, pallets etc.
-Cross train and work in other assigned departments and areas as needed according to business needs.
Environmental Conditions/Mental Demands: Within the warehouse, the noise level is frequently moderate to high. In the product plant area noise levels can exceed 80 decibels when machinery is operating. The employee has extensive internal and external interfaces with others and the work requires continual problem-solving, the prioritization of tasks and projects, resolution of conflicting needs and issues, and the ability to read, analyze, and interpret trends and data. Tolerance to noise is required and basic math skills and strong manual dexterity is important and highly desirable to perform the basic duties of the job.
Physical Conditions: The essential functions of this job require frequent standing, walking and reaching out to sort, pack and store product is needed for prolonged periods of time as well as bending, climbing, kneeling and flexing extremities (especially hands). Sensory demands require the ability to constantly hear and talk, behave in a professional manner, and the ability to use sort. Specific vision acuity required by this job includes close vision, the ability to adjust focus, and color vision when inspecting products. Physical demands include bending, stooping, and reaching above and below shoulder level in order to access records, as well as lifting and carrying files and documents typically weighing less than 50 pounds.
See Addendum for more information.
CA Tax ID #: 11567666
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop