Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time.

Fruit Harvesting: Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' ladder from the field truck to the area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support and opening for the insertion of fruit and removal of fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs approximately 80 to 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition, and variety of fruit. A ladder is placed against a tree within reach of the fruit in a leaning position. The ladder should be in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. The worker should take care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers. Workers will remove fruit from the tree and place into the pick sack. When the sack is full it is taken to the fruit tub located nearby. The fruit is dropped into tub, and the harvesting process is repeated. To perform this type of work, the worker must be able to work outside for at least 8 hours per day in various weather environments including high heat and humidity conditions. No specialized knowledge or skills are required, but workers are expected to have physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvesting process rapidly and make a large number of trips to the nearby fruit tub each day.

Special Requirements

Criminal background checks and/or drug screenings may be done post-employment at the employers expense and at the employers discretion. Due to communal living arrangements where workers entitled to free housing will reside in close proximity to one another with limited residential supervision, and due to food safety considerations, employer may, at its discretion, conduct criminal background checks on all applicants offered employment in order to minimize the occurrence of crimes among residents.