Farmworker / Laborer

Job description

Agricultural Equipment Operators
Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, mowing, and harvesting crops.
Some examples of operate farming equipment tasks are but not limited to:
1) Drive Tractors.
2) Spray and mix chemicals and fertilizers. This includes pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Workers will either have a valid pesticide license or be supervised by someone with a valid pesticide license.
3) Operate farm equipment.
4) Attach farm implements.
5) Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using hand trucks or forklifts.
6) Operate trucks to carry farm equipment, crops, and workers.
7) Workers may drive vans that are 14 or less passenger vans.
8) Employees that want to be drivers must possess a valid driver’s license.
9) The driver’s license is not a pre-hire job requirement.
10) They will drive workers from living quarters to work-site and vice versa.
11) Provide one weekly trip to workers to purchase groceries (transportation is provided for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulation).

See Addendum C, A.8a for more Job Duties information.

Special Requirements

2) This job require 3 months of tree fruit experience.
4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.
4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.

(See Addendum C, B.6 Job Qualifications and Requirements)