Field Worker
Employer
880 Williams Road
Salinas, CA 93905
United States
Job description
All job duties will be performed in the field and on the farm. Field Workers: picking, sort and package quality strawberry in fields as per shipping order approximately 6 hours a day bending over in cool, warm, and hot temperatures, worker will walk in 13-inch dirt rows throughout day with picking cart provided, checking quality. Workers will use use hand tools, till soil, transplant, removal and installation of irrigation system/lines, applying and removing/pulling plastic, planting, thin, and prune crops, shoveling, weeding, labor work, tractor work if / when needed and forklift work if / when needed, training will be provided, but when not performing any of this work, worker will be harvesting strawberries. Food safety functions, Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to field work, including but not limited to packing strawberries, closing/stacking/ loading boxes (empty/filled), cleanup functions in and around the field. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor. The employer hereby confirms that the amount of time spent hand weeding is intermittent and is estimated at 20% of the workers' scheduled hours. The employer attests that any thinning, hoeing, weeding, or hand-weeding work will be performed in compliance with 8 Cal. Code Regulations Section 3437, 3456(b-c). The workers are provided with gloves (if or when required) and training at no cost. Specifically, employees are given training regarding avoiding work-related injuries on a regular basis. The workers are not provided knee pads because the workers will not be kneeling for any of the job duties. May operate agricultural equipment on the farm as needed. Workers with valid driver’s license may be asked to operate company vehicle within and between worksite locations.
Special Requirements
Can not be colorblind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Must be able to use both hands and able to use agricultural tools. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety proposes.
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