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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

162

Job Duties:

General Farm Workers to perform the following duties: Commodities to harvest and pack: Strawberries, raspberries (plant maintenance) Strawberry Harvester (Ground/Harvest Pro Machine): This position works under close supervision of the harvest crew foreperson. This position safely and efficiently harvests strawberry crop either by ground or with the assistance of a Harvest Pro machine. This position may perform other general labor work. Essential Job Duties: Harvests fresh, juice and/or freezer depending on grower requests Properly grades and sorts strawberries according to size and quality Packages suitable fruit in required packaging container and box Inspects strawberry fruit for signs of disease and insect manifestation Discards inferior strawberries onto row floor Manually plants, transplants, cultivates, and thins crop Reports all safety problems, incidents, and injuries to foreman immediately. Complies with all Company Policies, including observing appropriate lunch and rest periods. Qualifications: Overtime Work as needed. Able to keep up at a reasonable pace with the rest of the crew Able to read safety signs Able to perform work up to company standards Physical Requirements: The employee is constantly required to stand, walk, reach, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, hear and see. The employee is constantly required to push, pull, lift and carry from 1 lb up to 25 lbs., with occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs. Occasional reaching above shoulder with frequent reaching below shoulder level. The employee is in constant bending and twisting of the waist, with frequent squatting. Working environment: The employee is constantly required to work in outside atmospheric weather conditions, uneven ground, and noise, vibration, around hazards such as moving machine parts, equipment, wet rows, wind and dust. The employee is occasionally required to work under cold temperatures just above freezing and heat. Crop Maintenance: Is responsible for manually removing, cultivating, planting transplanting, deflowering, crop removal, shoveler, bed up labor and all other duties as assigned with strawberry and raspberry crops. This is a non-managerial position and works under the close supervision of the crew foreperson. Plant cleaning: using long-handled hoes and by hand, pulling plastic, pulling of drip tape, plant/field maintenance, cleaning of old and new vegetative growth on plant bed. Plant bed will be classified as Medium or High according to the number of runners and new/old vegetative growth present during performing work tasks. Plant cleaning by hand is occasional/intermittent (less than 20% of weekly work time). Employer complies with the California health and safety rules applicable. Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties. Such work will be temporary and unsubstantial agricultural labor. Essential Job Duties: cleans and cultivates crop using both hands. Removes dry leaf debris from crop using both hands Removes by hand the plastic layering from the crop. Applies Persimilis to crop Performs general ranch/field clean up Complies with all Company Policies, including observing appropriate lunch and rest periods. Use of hand tools such as blade or knife Qualifications: Able to follow verbal direction Able to follow safety and conduct rules Physical Requirements: The employee is constantly required to walk, push and pull with both hands, required to bend at waist. Constantly bending and twisting neck, repetitive grasping and fine manipulation with both hands, and reaching below shoulder level. The employee is frequently required to stand and power grasp with both hands with frequent squatting and kneeling. The employee is occasionally required to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Minimum Job Qualifications: Three months experience in berry or vegetable harvest is required. Work is performed in open fields and may involve exposure to mud, dust, wind, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Temperatures can range from 30 degrees Fahrenheit to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. No smoking, alcohol, firearms in the field or residential housing. Proficiency in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. (i.e. Workers must listen to, understand and follow instructions of Employer supervisors and managers.)

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Royal Oak Ag Services, Inc.

Location:

Santa Maria, CA 93455

Worksite

Address:

PURO VIDA BERRIES- Petit- 4260 Laguna Road, Oxnard, CA 93033

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24183-165560

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Strawberry Conventional Fresh Ground Rose ranch/$2.45 per piece rate(8.06 boxes)/Dimensions: box 20x16x4 inches/ average hourly rate: $19.76

Date Posted:

8/6/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$2.45

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