Farm Labor Strawberry Picker

Job description

Workers will perform duties associated with and directly to strawberry harvesting. work will include but not limited to picking and packing strawberries, weeding, thinning strawberry plants, in the field for fresh market & process market. Workers are require to distinguish the quality and ripeness of the strawberry and properly place in tray/packing containers in the fields. When containers are packed they will be placed on the side of the row crop, stacked for trucks pick up and delivery work requires walking, bending and repetitive wrist movement. Workers must be able to lift 50Lbs. The weather is moderate to cold. Workers must have 1 month experience. All tools necessary for picking and performing duties will be provided.

-Strawberry picking will be done by hand. Workers will be provided with a box cart that worker will push across the row crop where box (20”x10”) will sit on top. Strawberries will be packed in clamshells consisting of 1lb, 2lb or pint baskets depending on shippers orders for the day. Workers will pick ripped, full color strawberries. Workers must be able to identify ripped strawberries. Once box is full workers will take box and stack it on edge of field for pick up. All packaging materials will be on site the morning of picking ready for the workers. All tools needed for picking will be provided by employer.

CA TAX ID 141-0648-8

Special Requirements

Workers must have at least one month of strawberry picking experience, training will be provided in some instances but for only 7-10 days. In this training workers will be shown how to identify ripened strawberries and company packaging requirements.