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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

290

Job Duties:

Field Workers (Green Leaf and Romaine for process, Head Lettuce, Romaine Hearts and Mix Leaf Carton, Multileaf/Tender Leaf) Field Sanitation Work, Agricultural Equipment Operators and Cal Van Drivers: Heavy labor field worker to harvest Green Leaf and Romaine for process; under the direction of the field Supervisors, employees determine size and quality of the product to be harvested. Then, using a harvesting knife and bending at the waist, the employee grasps the produce, cuts the head from the roots and places upside down on a cone carousel which carries the product thru an automated trimming. If trimming is not to specification, employee will take product, place it on a cutting table and using a harvest knife will cut to specification. Product is trimmed by machine or hand. Process is repeated. Heavy field work to harvest romaine, heart, mix leaf, and head lettuce: Employees cut, bag, pack, and load fresh romaine, head, heart and mixed leaf lettuce in the field. Cutting is done by walking in uneven furrows behind a harvesting platform machine or belt. Under the direction of the field Supervisors, employees determine size and quality of the product to be harvested. Then, using a harvesting hand knife and bending at the waist, the employee grasps the produce, cuts the head from the roots and trims the outer leaves from the head to prepare it to be placed into a carton or tote. Cutter places the product on a table for the packer to either or combination of, tie, spot wash, sort, wrap, seal and place into a carton or tote. Packers will secure empty containers from designated racks, insert lining material as necessary and fill the carton or totes to specification. Once totes, cartons or bins are filled they are pushed on to conveyor belt for loaders to close/cover and stack on the pallet. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Carton is labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. The cartons, totes or bins are lifted then stacked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty Pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs. Between two workers empty pallets are carried and assembled. Heavy field work to harvest Tender leaf: Employees’ spot check, sort, stack, fill and load tender leaf in the field. Spotting is done by walking in uneven furrows in front of a harvesting platform machine or belt. Under the direction of the field supervisor employees check for any foreign material such as trash and move irrigation pipe from one furrow to another. The harvest machine or belt then cuts produce and transporters it thru a conveyor where employees sort and fill totes and or bins. Once totes, cartons or bins are filled they are pushed on to conveyor belt for loaders to close/cover and stack on the pallet. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Carton is labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. The cartons, totes or bins are lifted then stacked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty bins Pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs. The cooler will provide the empty pallets already set up on trailer to the field or between two workers the empty pallets are carried, and bins are assembled. Please See Addendum C.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Special Requirements:

Please See Addendum C.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

3:00 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Foothill Packing, Inc.

Location:

Salinas, CA 93905

Worksite

Address:

Anthony Costa & Sons Orhcid 1 West: Highline Road and Kendle Road, Brawley, CA 92227

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22249-455282

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

All Piece Rates are Group Rates for Lettuce Harvesting

Date Posted:

9/21/2022

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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