Field Workers

Job description

Alamo Ag Solutions, LLC (also referred to herein as “Alamo” “Employer” or “Company”) is headquartered in Yuma, Arizona (350 W 16th Street Suite 401, Yuma, AZ 85364), e-mail address: [email protected], phone: (928) 750-8035.

Alamo Ag Solutions, LLC is a registered Farm Labor Contractor.
FEIN: 83-2261371

Job title: Field Workers
Workers Needed:
a. Total: 58
b. H-2A: 55
The Employer seeks certification for 55 workers. Total workers: 58. Of the 58 total workers, 3 will be domestic workers who do not require housing.

Job Duties - Description of the specific services or labor to be performed:

Agricultural produce: Spinach, tender leaf, leaf lettuce, arugula, and spring mix lettuce.

Harvest Worker:
Employees spot check, sort, stack, fill and load spinach, leaf lettuce, tender leaf, arugula and spring mix lettuce in the field. Spotting is done by walking in uneven furrows in front of a harvesting platform machine or belt. Under the direction of the field supervisor employees check for any foreign material such as trash and move irrigation pipe from one furrow to another. The harvest machine or belt then cuts produce and transports it thru a conveyor where employees sort and fill totes and or bins. Once totes, cartons or bins are filled they are pushed on to conveyor belt for loaders to close/cover and stack on the pallet. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Carton is labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. The cartons, totes or bins are lifted then stacked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty bins pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs.; a forklift carries the empty bin pallets onto a trailer.

Agricultural Equipment Operator:
Under the direction of the supervisor, the machine driver is responsible for supplying the machine with packaging materials; assisting in preparing the harvest machine for immediate field operation or movement to new harvest location. Directing tractor/machine through the field; pulling loaded trailers out. Workers will drive, assist, and operate various farm equipment to perform farm field preparation such as planting, cultivating, fertilizing, farming and maintaining farms. Tractors are under 26,001 pounds. Will attach and adjust farm implements to tractors such as discs, plows, lasers, rippers, cultivators, listers and planters and will ensure equipment is operating properly at optimum performances. Workers must conduct daily maintenance check prior to operate the tractor, monitor and drive tractors safely and efficiently over difficult terrain and must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be required to understand and operate GPS operating system. Required to have knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner.

Special Requirements

1 month of experience harvesting spinach, tender leaf, leaf lettuce, arugula, or spring mix lettuce.

Specific requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds frequently. Workers must stand, sit, crouch, bend, reach, lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds in the course of performing required activities. Must have use of both hands and be able to use hand tools. No smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the housing or working fields. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes.

Work is performed outdoors in open fields and can involve exposure to sun, wind, mud, dust, heat, cold and other elements of the normal field environment. Temperatures can range from 20 degrees F to over 100 degrees F during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described.