Field Worker

Job description

Field Worker (Wine Grapes):

Duties vary depending on the growing season:

Work in grape vineyards during the spring (February 2025 through March 2025) will include hoeing (long handled hoe) and pruning and tying, frost maintenance and repair.

Work in grape vineyards (approximately mid-March 2025 through May 2025) will include weed removal, planting, training, shoot positioning and vine suckering.

Work in grape vineyards during the summer season (approximately June 2025 through July2025) will include planting, training, shoot positioning , vine suckering, leaf removal. Working on trellis, raking, vineyard clean up and post pounding.

Harvest activities include using sharp picking knives, standing, and kneeling on the ground to pick fruit.

Non-harvest related activities (approximately August 2025 through mid-September 2025) will include early season crop thinning, wire moving and shoot positioning, root picking, irrigation and irrigation maintenance, canopy management, shoveling, trellis maintenance and replacement.

Work in grape vineyards during harvest season (approximately mid-September 2025 through the end) will include picking wine grapes and activities directly related to winegrape picking including such as stacking and washing of lugs and bins, leaf removal and sorting fruit.

Non-harvest related activities continue during the harvest season but are not directly related to wine grape picking and include fence repair, trellis repair, trellis maintenance and repair, drainage, field gutters, plant new vineyard including digging, raking, clean up and post pounding.

Tractor Driver: Tractor drivers will drive and control tractors in fields, at loading areas and crush pad. Tractors have a capacity of under 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). Commercial drivers' license not required to drive tractors.

Additional mowing, chopping, discing, cultivation, harvest driver, etc.
Fungicide application with backpack and/or tractor sprayer and herbicide application with hand sprayer and/or tank sprayer.

Special Requirements

3 months of experience working with wine grapes is required. Specific requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds frequently and being able to use hand tools, including cutting knives. Must be able to work under conditions where skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc. Must be able to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions, including rain, cold, high winds, etc. Work involves frequent bending and working in bent or stooped positions. Must be able to walk and stand up extensively. No smoking, alcohol, firearms in the field or residential housing.