Farmworker/ Laborers

Job description

BLUEBERRY Harvest: The workers will hand harvest blueberries at the location indicated by the supervisor. Workers pick blueberries from bushes. Workers will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping berries with fingers and removing berries so as not to harm adjacent berries and buds, bruise the picked berries, or drop green or ripe fruit. Workers will place berries into flats or trays.

STRAWBERRY Harvest: The workers will hand harvest strawberries at the location indicated by the supervisor. Workers pick strawberries from bushes. Workers will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping strawberries with fingers and removing strawberries so as not to harm adjacent strawberries and buds, bruise the picked strawberries, or drop green or ripe fruit. Workers will place strawberries into flats or trays.

Please see Addendum C

Special Requirements

2) Worker must possess 1 months of verifiable experience of blueberry & fruit or vegetable packing. This is an
application for sweet corn, green beans, tall, fescue, wheat, blueberries, strawberries, squash, and pumpkins.

4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.

Please see Addendum C