Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Maintaining irrigation system, weed spraying, mowing, irrigation, harvesting, pruning and various general farm labor duties during harvest. Walnut, Almond and Pomegranate: each tasks and duties are listed as the following: Walnut Crop & Almond Crop: -removal of dead/sick trees -shoveling out trees and extracting dead roots -prepping the ground by adding nutrients to the soil by hand -Using shovels, workers back fill hole and replant new young trees. -Pruning trees is the process of cutting off branches or limbs that are broken or dead, by either hand shears or pole saws, all equipment is provided to workers for use. -Workers will by hand stack pruning debris in center of rows for later collection and dispose. -Workers will be trained to used Walnut Sweeper Machines to collect left over walnuts on the ground to be ground up or chipped during Winter Sanitation Process, this is to prevent insects incubating during winter and emerging in spring. -Workers will be trained to cut grass in and around Orchard rows via tractor and flail mower combination. -Workers will be trained for proper equipment usage, pre-trip inspection, and equipment maintenance. -Workers will be trained to cut grass in and around Orchard rows via tractor and flail mower combination. -Workers will be trained for proper equipment usage, pre-trip inspection, and equipment maintenance. -Workers will be trained to cut grass in and around Orchard rows via tractor and flail mower combination. -Workers will be trained for proper equipment usage, pre-trip inspection, and equipment maintenance. -Workers are provided a UTV and training to transport extra micro sprinklers, extra irrigation repair parts and drive down each row of trees. -Repairing (putting replacement parts that break or malfunction , back at our shop, not in field job) and cleaning micro sprinklers (we use compressed air to remove dirt and debris that clogs up micro sprinklers) - Workers will be trained to operate specialty spray equipment for herbicides on orchard floor and insecticides on trees. All HAZMAT and PPE training equipment will be provided on site for all workers. -Workers will be using Weeding tools to remove patches of grass in between trees. -Workers will Hand shake trees using rubber mallets to knock down any fruit from tree. -Workers will be trained in using Shaker Equipment on larger trees for the removal of remainder walnuts. -Workers will be trained and educated on proper use of Sweeper Machines, to gather any and all fallen walnut/almond for harvest. - Workers are to walk all rows with a rake to gather left behind walnuts into the windrow (the pile of walnuts made in the middle rows made by the sweeper machine) - Works will be trained to operate a tractor and walnut cart equipment combination. This is to transport walnuts from harvester (picks up walnuts from windrow) to field elevator (loads walnuts to semi-truck trailers to be shipped off to processing plant. -Workers will be trained to use a tractor and pull behind disk equipment combination, to drive down every row and disk the center of rows to level the row of debris left behind from harvester. -After harvest, workers will be assisting with maintenance of Harvest Equipment Machines, such as; oil changes, tire pressure checks, filter changes, cleaning and washing down equipment and shop area.

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Rancho Nuevo Durango

Company Name:

Rancho Nuevo Durango

Location:

WATERFORD, CA 95361

Telephone Number:

+12095434545

Worksite

Address:

14433 Claribel Road, Waterford, CA 95386

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22123-131853

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/2/2022

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