Agricultural Farm Worker (wine Grapes)

Job description

This job offer includes the following crop activities:

Work in grape vineyards all season through harvest, including pruning, vine suckering, leaf removal, early season crop removal, move wires, irrigation, and harvest. Workers will plant new vineyards including digging, raking (with long handled rake), clean up and post pounding. Daily work requires lifting, bending, walking and carrying up to 50 pound trays. Work in cold, hot, windy and damp weather. Work hours vary and night shifts will be required. Grapevine care is done up to mid-August; harvest is done August through mid-October, and, after crop care is done late September through mid-October. If there are storms, workers may also be needed to repair vineyards. At the end of the season workers may perform temporary and insubstantial erosion control tasks (laying bales). Workers will not need to kneel as the lowest part of the vine is waist high.

Workers will use standard tools such as rakes and shovels. Workers may occasionally and or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to wine grape field and harvest work including but not limited to packing, closing/stacking boxes in and around the vineyard, tractor driving, basic tractor repairs, keeping ponds clear of tree limbs and weeds on the farm, and clean-up.

Special Requirements

Must have 3 months of wine grape experience. 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, walk extensively, 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 abide by Employer housing rules. Some knowledge of English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. (i.e. Workers must listen to, understand and follow instructions of Employer supervisors and managers.) The Employer requires that employees have a sixth grade education or higher, in order to be able to understand basic forms, rules and instructions.