Berry Harvester

Job description

Piece rate for work in Washington state will be .51 cents per pound for any berry harvesting.

This job requires a worker to: harvest strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries.

Additional Duties:
Hand harvest berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries) in a location indicated by supervisor.
Pick strawberries in grown in rows in the fields and place strawberries into buckets.
Use buckets attached to the body to pick blueberries from bushes, and raspberries and blackberries from canes
Pick fruit according to grade, color, and size by gasping berries with fingers and removing berries so as not to harm adjacent berries or buds, or bruise the picked berries.
Carry buckets, place berries from buckets into flats or trays, and/or pack directly into clamshells.
Worker may be expected to ride upon machine berry harvesters and provide visual inspection of the berries harvested thereon
Load/Unload products into trucks.
Assist in any other areas where you might be needed for agricultural operations.

All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified Crops, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092.

Special Requirements

- Training: There will be a demonstration period of 6 days to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper work techniques, safety methods, and/or specific job requirements.
-Employer may discipline and/or terminate the worker for lawful job-related reasons: a) malingers or otherwise refuses without justified cause to perform as directed the work for which the worker was hired; b) commit serious act(s) of misconduct or serious or repeated violation(s) of company policies and procedures; c) fails after completing the training period to perform the work as specified in Item A.8A; d) abandons his employment; e) falsifies identification, personnel, medical, production or other work related records; f) fails or refuses to take a drug test when requested (employer reserves the right to conduct for cause, non-discriminatory drug testing at the expense of the employer. Drug test will not be utilized as a pre-employment tool.); or g) commits acts of insubordination.