Field Assistant
Employer
919 N ST
FIREBAUGH , CA 93622
United States
Job description
Field Assistant:
Hrs. worked per Day: 5-6 hrs/day
Hrs. worked per Week: 30-36 hours per week
I.S.A. Contracting Services, Inc. is a harvesting company providing labor to growers for the harvesting of green tomatoes. The field assistant must report to the field location to receive the daily work assignment from the field supervisor. The field assistant must be able to read and write to perform all the field inspection logs of the equipment daily, keep written record of all safety related incidents that may occur during the work shift and do a written report, also, register new workers. Must assist the field supervisor with duties such as providing daily cards to the foreman, handing out buckets to the workers, keeping track of the trailer numbers, and write the trailer tags, assist with all H-2A worker responsibilities, ensure and document that all Covid related sanitation requirements are followed by all the workers and in all related equipment. The Field Assistant must have excellent people skills to help the field supervisor coordinate, direct company policies and daily procedures, must understand quality control of the harvest of fresh market tomatoes, (size, color, maturity, shape), must be able to climb up to 8-10 feet high on to the field equipment and/or trailer and sometimes into the trailer, also to a metal dumping stand/platform hooked on to the edge of the gondola about 4 feet off the ground when needed, must be to able to receive by grabbing, lifting, and dumping approximately a 25 pound bucket full of tomatoes and at times carry two buckets of tomatoes between 25-50 pounds throughout the work day when necessary. Must be able to operate/drive field equipment in a proficient manner forward and backwards with a tomato trailer attached. Also, assist prior to the start of
harvest regular maintenance of all the field equipment used daily during the season, assist in the initial set up, and during the season.
Excellent communication skills is a must.
Special Requirements
See addendum C