Field Workers

Job description

Employee picks strawberries in varying weather conditions, while adhering to quality and production standards determined by Company, using physical body motions, including picking fruit, pushing carts and carrying cardboard crates (organic) weighing up to 10-13 lbs. when full. Crate sizes are as follows:
• 20 in Long x 16 in Wide x 3.425 in High
• 20 in Long x 16 in Wide x 2.75 in High
• 20 in Long x 16 in Wide x 4 in High

Employees will be required to perform the responsibilities of Strawberry Ground crew. The employee will harvest by walking in the furrow from the middle of the block towards the road where the harvest trailer is located. Once the worker completes the full box of strawberries, he/she will place his/her barcode sticker on the box and will walk to the harvest trailer to place the harvested box on the table for quality inspection and will take an empty box to repeat the process.

When working with the ground crew, the employee is required to work as part of a team of harvesters and the employee is expected to maintain a similar pace to the ground crew team members. Employee will be responsible for ensuring the quality of the harvested strawberries meets quality and inspection
requirements.

Special Requirements

Three months of experience in harvesting strawberries. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops for proper ripeness and maturity, no smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the housing or work fields. Must be able to communicate in English or Spanish for training and safety purposes. Work is performed outdoors in open fields and can involve exposure to sun, wind, mud, dust, heat, cold and other elements of the normal field environment. Temperatures can range from 50 degrees F to over 90 degrees F during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described.

See Addendum C.