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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

60

Job Duties:

H-2A and corresponding domestic workers must be available to perform each of the following job activities in connection with the harvesting and farming operations: Field Workers: Picking Pears, Apples and Cherries; Tractor Driver; Forklift Driver; General Orchard Labor; CalVan Driver, General Ranch Maintenance, General Labor, Packing facility & Palletizing, Sanitization activities, and Health/Wellness Monitor to perform the following duties: Field Worker will be picking Pears, Apples and Cherries with Tripod Ladder, pruning Cherries, cutting blight. Under the direction of the field supervisor, the worker using arms picks up a ladder used for pear/cherry harvesting and stands it close to the apple/ pear/cherry tree. Worker carries a sack around the neck and upper body to place the harvested product. Worker then climbs up the ladder, grabs the pear/cherry with hands, tilts it upwards, pulls it off the tree and places it in the sack. Once the sack is full, worker descends the ladder, walks for approximately 5-30 feet and empties the sack into a bin. Cycle repeats until the end of the shift. Sack weighs between 50 and 80 lbs. The duties include hand harvesting without pulling too hard as to damage the trees, climbing up and down a ladder, carrying the fruit to a central location, moving and setting the ladder and any other duties that are assigned. Forklift Driver Specifications: The Forklift driver is responsible for inspecting the forklift. Forklift drivers use knobs and levers to operate the forklift. Duties include the transferring and stacking of bins full of product onto the trailer. The employee works in an area that consists of 300 ft. in radius. Cycle is repeated. Tractor Driver Specifications: The tractor driver is responsible for inspecting the tractor. Duties include getting in and out of the fields. The tractor driver takes empty bins, goes into the lot and sets them throughout the lot for workers to fill with product. The tractor driver gets in and out of the field as bins are set. Once workers fill up the bin, the tractor driver gets into the lot to take out the bins full of product. The tractor driver takes them out of the field and once out the field, a forklift transfers the product into the trailer. Cycle is repeated. Palletizing: Workers get boxes of approximately 20lbs to 40lbs and from a pallet stacks them on a pallet in different forms and ties them together. Once pallet is fulll, worker slides them using a pallet jack in distances from 1ft to 10ft. Sanitization Activities: workers will preform sanitization activities at housing facilities to ensure workers wellness and safety. CALVAN DRIVER SPECIFICATIONS: 1. Employee may drive Cal Van over the road. 2. Employee picks up workers from different housing sites/pick up points and takes them to an assigned work site and at the end of the day takes them back to the housing site/pick up point. 3. In order to drive a Cal Van, Employees must possess valid drivers license (state issued) and must be able to pass Class B Physical exam and register as an FLCE driver. The employer will be responsible for the cost of the California Drivers License, Class B Physical Exam, and registration as an FLCE driver (if any). All employees in this position (H-2A as well as corresponding domestic workers), will be given the opportunity to obtain a drivers license (DL) and register as an FLCE driver on a voluntary basis. The DL and FLCE Certificate are not a pre-hire job requirement. No job applicant will be denied an employment opportunity due to a lack of a DL or FLCE Certificate at the time of application and/or hiring. Further, no worker (H-2A or corresponding domestic worker) will be terminated for failure to obtain a DL or FLCE Certificate.

Job Classification:

45-2092.02 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

1-month experience picking pears, apples and cherries. Written verification of experience is required. Workers must stand, sit, crouch, bend, reach, lift and carry items weighing up to 20-80 pounds in the course of performing required activities. Workers must be able to listen, understand, and follow instructions of company supervisors and managers.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Fresh Harvest, Inc.

Location:

Heber, CA 92249

Worksite

Address:

David J. Elliot and Sons & Scully Packing Company LLC: Rose Ranch - 10405 State Highway 160, Hood, CA 95639

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-21133-312943

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Bonus: A discretionary production bonus may apply. Overtime and Benefits: The employer will abide by the required Federal or applicable State laws when paying overtime and benefits to employees performing the listed activities herein.

Date Posted:

6/14/2021

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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