Farmworker And Laborers, Crop

Job description

Work under this contract will consist of thinning and hoeing fields and harvesting various rows of crop vegetables such as onions.
Work may be done on the ground and/or with the use of a harvesting machine where workers may pack the cartons while walking behind or mounted on the machine.
Some workers may carry and assemble empty boxes. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs. Variable weather conditions. All work must be performed in a manner that exhibits Generally Accepted Practices (GAP) and the utmost food safety at all times.
Requires 1 month of experience in harvesting row crop vegetables to avoid crop damage and personal injury. Irrigating crops, setting and removing sprinklers, running wheel lines, driving equipment, operating pivots, flood irrigating, moving portable sprinklers, and installing drip tape.

Packing line workers: sort produces from conveyor belt for proper sorting while in the fields (but not pack in retail boxes).
Machine/equipment operator: able to operate machinery including tractors as directed and trained by supervisory personnel.

Forklift operator: single/double, individuals should be able to operate a forklift to load pallets of packed product into refrigerated trucks as directed and
trained by supervisory personnel.

Special Requirements

1-month of experience working with onions required. Written verification of experience is required.
see addendum C