Field Workers
Employer
Limoneira Ranch 1141 Cummings Road
Santa Paula, CA 93060
United States
Job description
Field Worker: Lemons, Avocados, Oranges, and General Labor to perform the following duties:
Planting, Pruning, crop maintenance, harvesting, clean up, or any other related agricultural operation
Heavy labor of picking lemons, avocados, and oranges as per color and size requirements. Climbing 3-point ladder as needed to pick fruit. Employee will be using proper shears for picking lemons, oranges and avocados. Cutting, not pulling, the lemons/oranges/avocados with hand shear. Putting fruit into bag sack which is carried on the front of the body, with straps around the shoulder and back for support. Sack full of fruit can weigh up to 65 lbs. Sack is then emptied into bin in a manner instructed by supervisor. This is repeated until bin is full. Employee will need to walk around the tree, under the tree, and inside the tree and from a ladder to pick the appropriate fruit. Employees will be wearing safety protection gloves, and protective sleeves. Employees will be expected to follow the direction and techniques specific to avocado trees from the supervisor. Start times vary depending on the weather (fog or heavy dew). Fruit cannot be picked until it is dry on the outside.
Special Requirements
1 month of citrus harvest experience. Workers must be able to lift 65 lbs repetitively in the course of this work. Workers must be able to climb a ladder and not be afraid of heights. No smoking allowed in the fields or dormitories, cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops, able to use shears and other agricultural tools, conditions of housing include no smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the dormitories.
Work is performed outdoors in open fields (orchard) and can involve exposure to sun, wind, mud, dust, heat, cold, wet, humid, warm, dry, and other elements of the normal field environment. Temperatures can range from 40 degrees F to over 100 degrees F during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described.
See addendum C.