Field Workers

Job description

*All packing and stacking duties will be done in the field on and on the farm

Field Worker - Strawberries

Pick, sort and package quality strawberries in fields. Workers will walk in 13-inch dirt rows and bend over picking strawberries behind a picking car that will be provided. Workers will spend approximately 6-10 hours a day bending over in cold, cool, warm, and hot temperatures. Workers will use hand tools, till soil, transplant, weed using long-handled hoes, shoveling, plastic removal, thin, and prune crops, tractor work may be if/when needed training will be provided, installation and removal of irrigation lines but when not performing any of this work, worker will be harvesting strawberries . Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to field work, including but not limited to packing strawberries, closing/stacking boxes in and around the field, clean-up functions in and around the field. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor.

Special Requirements

There is no minimum experience requirement. Cannot be colorblind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Must be able to use both hands, and able to use shears and other agricultural tools. No smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the dormitories or work fields. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes.

See Addendum C.