Field Workers: Harvest/field Labor Crops

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: Harvest/Field Labor Crops - Dry Onions, Beets, Turnips, Onion Transplants, Leek Transplants, Cabbage Transplants, and other leafy/green crop; Sprinkler & Irrigation Application and Implementation, General Ranch Maintenance / General Farm Labor / General Farm Cleaning, Grading, Sorting & Onion field packing; Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment to perform the following duties- all activities are conducted in the field:

Harvest/ Field Labor Crops

Dry Onions: Field worker to harvest/pack onions by walking in uneven furrows. Under the direction of the field supervisors, employees determine size and quality of onions to be harvested/packed. Using a harvesting knife or harvest scissors and bending at the waist, the employee manually pulls the onions from the ground, trims the roots and leaf from onion, and places onions in buckets which are then carried to bins where the onions are dumped as instructed by the field supervisors. Onions may also be harvested into sacks similar to garlic. Two five-gallon buckets of onions go into one burlap sack. Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment. Bins must be full to the top or sacks must weigh approximately 50lbs. Employee inspects the onions for defects. Bins weigh approximately 900lbs full.

Dry Onion Grading, sorting and packing: Dry onions are dumped from the bins or sacks into the field onion grader machine conveyor belts, dry onions are sorted/graded by sizes and packed into 50lbs sacks, once sacks are filled they are tied and stacked on pallets or trailers in the field. Workers will be required to inspect onions for quality defects as they run across the field grading line, once the defect is found the worker will take the onion off the line and place it in the appropriate line. Once the bag is full they will take the two strings on top of the bag and tie them together. Once the bag is tied they will take it off the line and stack the bags in pallets. Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment.

Beets: Field worker to harvest beets by walking in uneven furrows. Under the direction of the field supervisors, employees determine size and quality of beets to be harvested. Using a harvesting knife or harvest scissors and bending at the waist, the employee manually pulls the beets from the ground, trims the roots and leaf from beet, and places beets in buckets which are then carried to bins where the beets are dumped as instructed by the field supervisors. Employee inspects the beets for defects. Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment. Bins weigh approximately 900lbs full.

Turnips: Harvest turnips by clipping top and bottom of plant. Once clipped place into a 5-gallon bucket. Once bucket is full place bucket into 900lb bin until bin is full to the top. Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment.

Onion Transplants: Field worker to harvest onion transplants by walking in uneven furrows. Using hands, employee bends at the waist and pulls a handful of transplants from furrow. Under the direction of the field supervisors, employees determine size and quality of transplants to be harvested. After determining quantity based on an estimated amount of plants in bundle employee wraps the bundle with a rubber band so that there are approximately 84 plants in a bundle. After bundling plants employee will place 60 bundles into a RPC or similar crate packaging. Supervisors will then inspect for accuracy of onions per bundle and bundles per crate. Once checked crates will be palletized. Prepare freshly harvested crop for shipment.

Special Requirements

Requirements: 2-months experience in vegetable harvest in any of the commodities listed required. Written verification of experience is required. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of the product. Must be able to use shears, clippers and other agricultural tools (i.e., hand saw (can be powered by gas)); no smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the housing or work fields. Worker safety on the job and in employer-provided housing is our top priority. Workers may not possess, consume, or be under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, illegal drugs, or other controlled substances at the worksite or in the employer-provided housing. Fighting, including but not limited to, verbal, physical, or through social media or texts, and any threats or act of violence, and/or disruptive behavior against another individual or against property will not be tolerated, particularly acts of violence committed while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.