Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop

Job description

Crops: Strawberry
Besides fresh harvest, the employer is also involved in canning and juice production.

Ground Prep: Installation of watering hoses, plastic, taping, shovel, pipes, and all other related ground prep activities.

Strawberry Harvesting:
Workers will move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, grading berries while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality, and quantity as directed. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit, sort, and pack all good berries into specified containers, within the box, according to very high-quality standards as set forth in the Company's food safety policy and standard operating procedures. Bad berries will be disposed of as determined by the supervisor. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising.
Bruising will weaken the berry. Upon completion of assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked.
Field Worker may receive disciplinary notice if quality of work fails to meet quality standards or pace of work falls below 90% of average (average pace is 9 boxes harvested per hour).

Special Requirements

Workers must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs for extended distances and periods of time.
Must have at least three (3) months of experience harvesting crops or working in a similar capacity in an agricultural occupation.

The worker must attend the required orientation, which time will be compensated.