- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 100
- Job Duties:
- Perform a variety of agricultural duties associated with the farming and harvesting of wine grapes. Workers will perform duties associated with the harvest of wine grapes, which will include harvesting wine grapes with pruning shears or grape harvest knife. Place grapes into bins, tubs and other similar containers and empty grapes into gondolas that are situated on slow-moving tractors in the vineyards. Workers may perform any other duty necessary during the pre-harvest period to get the grape crop ready for harvest, which may include canopy management, removing leaves from grapevines, and thinning grapes . Break down vineyards to get them ready for the dormant season. Duties require using common agricultural tools, such as shears, loppers, machetes, chain saws, shovels, knives, and weed eaters. Employees will be working outside in variable weather and soil conditions and must frequently work in dirty, wet, or dusty conditions depending upon the season, weather, and growing conditions. Workers may be exposed to sun, wind, mud, dust, heat, cold, low light, plant pollens, insects, snakes, rodents, noxious plants and/or plant materials that have been treated with insect and/or disease control sprays. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described, such as raincoats, leg covers, gloves, safety glasses, rubber shoes, closed-toe shoes, masks, hats, protective sleeves, and jackets. The employer will provide tools and equipment necessary to perform all required tasks at no cost to the worker. Each worker shall be responsible for returning all equipment checked out to the worker. Usually, long days may be worked when weather or crop conditions are right. Workers must follow all health and safety protocols, which include observing Covid19 preventative measures and social distancing, observing all safety signs, directives and training, and usage of masks.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse