- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 20
- Job Duties:
- This job offer includes the following crop activities:
Agricultural Field Worker (Wine grapes, Apples)
Work in grape vineyards and apple orchards throughout the growing season.
Wine Grape Non-Harvest/Growing Season:
Duties to include vine spraying by hand, pruning, tying, hoeing (long-handled), suckering, positioning, leaf removal, early season crop removal, irrigating, fertilizing, trellising, erosion control, planting, fencing, installing irrigation, installing trellis, clearing roots, clearing brush, prop branches, pest control, frost protection, and general maintenance on agricultural facilities.
Wine Grape Harvest:
All harvest work will be performed directly and in conjunction with picking wine grapes.
Work in the grape vineyards during the harvest season will include picking grapes into lugs, dumping into bins or gondolas, and sorting and removal of debris from harvest bins. Use sharp picking knives as well as kneel on ground to pick fruit. Daily work requires lifting, bending, kneeling, walking on uneven terrain, and carrying up to 50-pound trays. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary and night shifts may be required. Kneeling is minimal but employer provides knee pads if needed.
Non-harvest work will continue throughout the harvest season.
Apple Harvest:
Work in apple orchards during the harvest season will include climbing a twelve foot ladder with apple bag, as well as kneeling on ground to pick fruit. Daily work requires lifting, bending, kneeling, walking on uneven terrain, and carrying up to 50-pound apple bags. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary.
Workers may perform general maintenance work on agricultural facilities on a farm.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse