- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 18
- Job Duties:
- Vineyard Worker to perform the following duties:
Fruit thinning, leafing, suckering, hoeing, leafing pruning, installing wire mesh & trellis, harvesting, tractor driving, clean-up, spraying and other related viticulture operations, including sorting grapes in the vineyard.
WINE GRAPE HARVEST WORKER:
Wine Grape Harvest Workers use a knife to cut grape bunches off of grape vines and into a tub (also called a lug). The tub/lug is then dumped into a bin (also called a gondola). May drive a tractor directly in connection with picking grapes. Tractor driving, weed control and property maintenance, leaf picking, crop thinning, tally sheet recording, and picking with a machine harvester. In the shop which is on the farm, prepare and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment for harvest. The employees will not be engaged in mechanic work.
Workers will occasionally (less than 20 percent of time) perform vineyard weeding using shovels over 4 ft in length. The employer will provide training, gloves, and knee pads in prevention of work-related injuries at no cost to workers if required. The employer will also abide by rest period requirements in accordance with 8 Cal. Code Regulations 3456(c)(4) if required.
Tractors have a gross weight capacity under 26,000 and do not require a commercial driver license to operate.
GENERAL VINEYARD WORKER (Non-Harvest):
Assisting in the production, planting, and maintenance of vineyards, which involves preparing the soil, erecting trellis and irrigation equipment, pruning and training vines, and controlling pests/diseases with regular spraying.
In the shop which is on the farm, prepare and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment for harvest. The employees will not be engaged in mechanic work.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse