Vineyard Foremen
Employer
Chianti Road: Home Ranch A
24035 Chianti Road
Cloverdale, CA 95425
United States
Job description
Vineyard Foremen to perform the following activities:
Takes direction from and reports directly to the Assistant Vineyard Manager and Viticulture Director. Works alongside vineyard crews while completing daily vineyard duties. Manage and supervise all vineyard hand labor. Hand labor includes, but is not limited to, pruning, pulling brush, tying, shoot positioning, moving wires, leaf removal, cluster thinning, hand hoeing and harvesting. Ensures that all assigned block tasks are complete prior to moving to next block. Responsible for the recording and reporting of labor hours at assigned vineyard locations Ensures that all work performed by vineyard employees is compliant with safety practices and procedures Ensures that all assigned vineyard crews receive and take all break and lunch periods per State and Federal law. Report all safety violations or concerns immediately to vineyard management. Reports any injuries that occur to the vineyard management. Assist in the correct procedural actions following an injury at any vineyard.
Non- wine grape-harvest (general vineyard) work will take place at all worksites from March 15, 2021 through November 12, 2021.
Wine grape-harvest work will take place at all worksites when the crops are ready for harvest, usually sometime in August, through late-September/early October. General vineyard work will continue during this period.
Special Requirements
Specific Job Requirements: Must have 3-months work experience working with wine grapes in vineyards, including pre-harvest wine-grape work and one full season of Vineyard Foremen experience in vineyards of experience with ultra-premium grape growing. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs. frequently. No smoking, drinking, or illegal weapons or controlled substances in the fields or in housing. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Able to stoop, bend, and work in cold and wet conditions. Able to use tools such as pruning shears, grape knives, hand saws, weed eaters, hedgers, shovels. Workers may use chains saws. Safety use and training provided by employer.
Workers must undergo pre-employment medical exams which will be uniformly applied domestically and abroad. The medical exam will include a urine test for drug presence.