Agricultural Field Workers (wine Grapes, Apples)

Job description

This job offer includes the following crop activities:
Agricultural Field Worker (Wine grapes, Apples)
Work in grape vineyards and apple orchards throughout the growing season.

Wine Grape Non-Harvest/Growing Season:
Duties to include vine spraying by hand, pruning, tying, hoeing (long-handled), suckering, positioning, leaf removal, early season crop removal, irrigating, fertilizing, trellising, erosion control, planting, fencing, installing irrigation, installing trellis, clearing roots, clearing brush, prop branches, pest control, frost protection, and general maintenance on agricultural facilities.

Wine Grape Harvest:
All harvest work will be performed directly and in conjunction with picking wine grapes.
Work in the grape vineyards during the harvest season will include picking grapes into lugs, dumping into bins or gondolas, and sorting and removal of debris from harvest bins. Use sharp picking knives as well as kneel on ground to pick fruit. Daily work requires lifting, bending, kneeling, walking on uneven terrain, and carrying up to 50-pound trays. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary and night shifts may be required. Kneeling is minimal but employer provides knee pads if needed.

Non-harvest work will continue throughout the harvest season.

Apple Harvest:
Work in apple orchards during the harvest season will include climbing a twelve foot ladder with apple bag, as well as kneeling on ground to pick fruit. Daily work requires lifting, bending, kneeling, walking on uneven terrain, and carrying up to 50-pound apple bags. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary.

Workers may perform general maintenance work on agricultural facilities on a farm.

Special Requirements

Minimum Job Qualifications:

Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds frequently, able to stoop, bend, and work in cold, wet, and often hot weather conditions. Able to use tools such as pruning shears, grape knives, hand saws, weed eaters, hedgers, shovels on wine grapes & apple trees. Workers may use chains saws. Safety use and training provided by employer. No smoking or drinking in the fields or in housing. Must have 3 months work experience with apples and wine grapes in vineyards and orchards, pre and post-harvest. (No wine grape harvest work experience is required.) Work experience must include 3 months experience apple pruning. Written verification of experience is required. Workers must abide by Employer housing rules. Ability to understand and communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. (i.e. Workers must listen to, understand and follow instructions of Employer supervisors and managers.)