Field Workers: Cherries, Kiwis, Plums, Plum Cherries Harvest

Job description

H-2A and corresponding domestic workers must be available to perform each of the following job activities in connection with the harvesting and farming operations:

Field workers to perform the following duties:

Cherries, Kiwis, Plums, Plum Cherries Harvesters & Pickers: harvesting, picking, lifting, dumping fruit, thinning, cleaning, crawling in tight places. The harvest includes hand harvesting without pulling too hard so as not to damage the trees, climbing up and down a ladder, carrying the fruit to a central location, moving and setting the ladder. Other duties include Packing shed (preparing freshly harvested crops for shipment in their original, unmanufactured state - sorting, palletizing & grading), Pruning, Spur Pruning/Thinning, Kiwi-Pruning Prep, Suckering, Disease Removal Pruning, Construction- Vertical Shade, Trellising, Thinning, Prop Trees, Weed (long-handled hoe), Mat Installation, Hanging Phermine Disrupters, Marking Fields, Planting, Replanting, Tree Protection, Painting, Scoring/Griddling, Grafting, Collecting Graft Wood, Pollination Work, Dust Control, Irrigation, Spraying - Insect/ Disease, Leaf Fall Spray, Rodent Control, Overhead, Burning, Cleaning, Repair and Maintenance, Ladder Repairs, Pipeline Repair & Installation, Calibrating Equipment, Weeding/Shoveling (using a 4 ft long hoe with a 6 inch blade at the end, the employee sticks the blade into the soil and pulls it out to remove the weed and its roots around the trees), Shredding Brush, Raking Brush, Cutting Wood, Chipping Wood, Skirting (cutting the bottom limbs), Tying Tree Tops, Training Trees, Training Kiwi, Discing, Mowing Grass, Furrowing & Making Borders, Grading Avenues, Making Berms, Tally Packing, Harrowing, Ripping, Forklift Operator, Tractor driver, Hauling Fruit, Machine Operator, Moving Equipment, Planting Crop Cover, Spraying - Foliar and Soil Fertilizer Mix, Spreading Manure, Plant Growth Regulator, Removing Wires, Pulling Trees, Removing trees to transplant, Orchard Removal, working overhead, QC, Puncher, Flatbed Driver, General Farm Labor / General Ranch Maintenance.

Other duties are assigned under the direction of field supervisory team.

Physical Requirements: Reaching, Lifting, Grasping, Crouching/Stooping, Balancing, Shoveling/Raking, Repetitive motions

Qualifications:

•Able to lift 40 pounds overhead repetitively over work shift
•Ability to communicate and work well with others
•Perform repetitive functions paying attention to detail
•Able to carry 30 lb ladder and set it securely
•Ability to climb up and down ladder while carrying 30lbs
•Able to work in constant extreme temperature (20 degree- 100+ degrees)
•Perform all assigned duties in a proper and timely manner
•Ability to follow and obey management instructions

Forklift Driver Specifications: The Forklift driver is responsible for inspecting the forklift. Forklift drivers use knobs and levers to operate the forklift. Duties include the transferring and stacking of bins full of product onto the trailer. The employee works in an area that consists of 300 ft. in radius. Cycle is repeated.

Tractor Driver Specifications: The tractor driver is responsible for inspecting the tractor. Duties include getting in and out of the fields. The tractor driver takes empty bins, goes into the lot and sets them throughout the lot for workers to fill with product. The tractor driver gets in and out of the field as bins are set. Once workers fill up the bin, the tractor driver gets into the lot to take out the bins full of product. The tractor driver takes them out of the field and once out the field, a forklift transfers the product into the trailer. Cycle is repeated.

General Ranch Maintenance / General Farm Labor includes, but is not limited to, on the farm road maintenance and dust control to farm roadways by means of farm equipment.

Special Requirements

1 month experience harvesting crops to avoid crop damage and personal injury. Written verification of experience is required. Workers must stand, sit, crouch, bend, reach, lift and carry items weighing up to 40 pounds in the course of performing required activities. Workers must be able to listen, understand, and follow instructions of company supervisors and managers.

The company's Employment Arbitration Agreement is set forth in this Clearance Order outlining the procedures to follow in raising concerns to seek their prompt resolution with an option to arbitrate unresolved matters.