Ag Produce Delivery And Field Sanitation Workers

Job description

Agricultural Produce Delivery and Field Sanitation Workers to perform the following duties in field and on the farm:

Agricultural Produce Delivery Workers (Truck Drivers): Drive large Semi Trucks (26,000 pounds or higher) and be required to pick up loaded trailers with parsley, cilantro, beets, leeks, radish, bok choy, napa, spring-mix, kale, cabbage, fennel, spinach, cauliflower and mix lettuce in the field and deliver to customers. Truck drivers will pick up supplies from vendors and deliver to the field. Truck drivers will load harvest equipment and move from field to field. This activity is secondary agriculture under the Fair Labor Standards Act as it is in conjunction with and incidental to Sabor Farms’ farming operations.

Truck Drivers task include, but are not limited to; conduct daily pre-trip inspection on vehicle and document/report maintenance needs, fuel Semi-Truck, clean and wash truck as needed. Truck Driver will secure loads and transport parsley, cilantro, beets, leeks, radish, bok choy, napa, spring-mix, kale, cabbage, fennel, spinach, cauliflower and mix lettuce from fields to customers. Truck driver’s tasks include un-tie loads, remove v-bords and tarps upon delivery, drive a tractor trailer and back up to loading docks. Load and transport equipment on lowboy and complete daily log books. Truck Drivers will also transport equipment to and from Sabor Farms Shop located at 1750 E 20th St Yuma, AZ 85365 to the Sabor Farms Shop located at 1375 Burton Ave Salinas, CA 93901 on lowboy. This activity will occur occasionally and as needed.

Truck Drivers may also transport employees to yard, store, bank, doctor, hospital, and any other place considered necessary by Sabor Farms.
The workers will be compensated for their transportation-related time including actual driving
time, time to complete paperwork, trips to the gas station, and cleaning the vehicle.

Truck drivers will also deliver parsley, cilantro, beets, leeks, radish, bok choy, napa, spring-mix, kale, cabbage, fennel, spinach, cauliflower and mix lettuce to storage/packing facilities. This activity is also secondary agriculture under the Fair Labor Standards Act as it is in conjunction with and incidental to Sabor Farms’ farming operations. Sabor Farms plants, harvests, and owns the crop that is transported from the fields to the shed and customer sites.

See Addendum C.

Special Requirements

All 16 requested workers are required to possess a US Commercial Drivers License (CDL) or foreign equivalent, one year experience as a truck driver, of which at least one month should include driving large Semi Trucks (26,000 pounds or higher). Specific requirements include lifting to 50 pounds. Work involves extensive sitting and walking, working in bent or stooped positions, extensive sitting and/or walking, and repetitive movements.

See Addendum C.