- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 46
- Job Duties:
- In order to perform this kind of work, workers must be able to work outside for at least 7 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to conduct harvest activities, working rapidly and skillfully with hands. The worker will be provided with all the necessary equipment to perform these harvest-related tasks. Workers must be able to listen, understand, and follow the instructions of company supervisors and managers. Workers must be willing to perform all duties according to the employer’s rules and regulations during the contract period.
Working conditions: Workers will be expected to work in conditions normally associated with uneven fields and the California climate. These conditions include: dust, extremes of temperature and humidity, wind and, at times, exposure to high levels of pollen. Workers should wear clothing suited to these conditions, including closed-toe shoes, hats, gloves, protective sleeves, and jackets which will provide adequate protection and allow freedom of movement.
Field worker- Workers will work in the prune dehydrator cleaning, pushing carts, and sorting.
Workers will work in walnut huller sorting, cleaning, and filling bins.
Each worker will plant by hand prune, harvest and field-pack prunes, walnuts and almonds.
Each worker will harvest and prepare for packing (but not pack in retail boxes) prunes, walnuts and almonds.
Each worker will remove bedding plastic, clean up fields, and transplanting and laying plastic mulch.
In order to perform this kind of work, workers must be able to lift and carry 60 lb. boxes.
Must be able to operate machinery, to bend and stoop throughout the day, extensive pushing and pulling.
Please see addendum C
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse