Agricultural Equipment Operator, Irrigator, Calvans Driver

Job description

Sabor Farms, LLC. (also referred to herein as “Sabor Farms”, “Employer” or “Company”) is a fixed-site grower which owns and controls its work sites and all agricultural commodities produced at such sites. Sabor Farms corporate headquarters is located at 387 West Market Street, Salinas, California, 93901, telephone: 831-424-0870, e-mail address: [email protected]; [email protected]. The Employer has designated this office as the Application Site.
Sabor Farms is not a Farm Labor Contractor as defined under The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) or the H-2A regulations and is thus not held to the registration requirements or surety bond requirements.
FEIN number: 20-4833547

Job title: Agricultural Equipment Operators, Irrigators and CalVans Driver Workers
Workers Needed:
a. Total: 60
b. H-2A: 24
Sabor Farms seeks certification for 24 H-2A workers and 60 total workers. Of the 60 total workers, 36 will be domestic workers who do not require housing.

Job Duties - Description of the specific services or labor to be performed:

Agricultural product: Parsley, cilantro, beets, leeks, radish, bok choy, napa, spring-mix, kale, cabbage, fennel spinach, caulifower, and mix lettuce, tomatoes, celery.

Under the direction of the field supervisor, workers perform general irrigation work of vegetable fields via drip tape/sprinkler irrigation, drip tape irrigation installation, repair and maintenance and sprinkler installation, repair, and maintenance. Installation, removal, painting and moving pipes.

Performs maintenance and general clean up in and around vegetable fields such as weeding with a long handle hoe around irrigation valves, pipes, and trash removals. Tractor driving activities for purpose sprinkler irrigation pipe. Reports break downs and understands and abides by our safety procedures and performance standards. Can fill out maintenance and progression sheet.

(Please see Addendum C)

Special Requirements

Agricultural Equipment Operator specific requirements:
Must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be required to understand and operate GPS operating system. Required to have knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner. Required basic knowledge of driving an ATV, must pass an ATV safety training and demonstrate ability to operate ATV in a safe manner. Required basic knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass a tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner.

(See Addendum C)