Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop
Employer
48845 W. Nees Ave.
Firebaugh, CA 93622
United States
Job description
All the tasks in this job description constitute one (1) job; the employer may assign workers to different tasks on any day or to multiple tasks during the same day at the sole judgment of the employer. Workers must be physically able to work in hot, dry, windy weather, bending and stooping to reach ground level crop and able to stand on their feet or be on their knees for long periods of time. Worker will be required to hand harvest onions to market specifications so as not to cause damage to the produce by clipping onion roots and tops in the field; Place product in buckets and transfer to field bins.
Opening A Field: Prior to harvesting a field for the first time, workers may be required to move onions and distribute them into adjacent onion beds/rows. This will clear a windrow for equipment towing bin boxes for harvest. This will only be done in a few rows in each new field as it is opened.
Harvesting Onions into Bins with Drip Tape Extraction: Worker will pick up onions at ground level and clip each top and/or roots of onion using supplied shears and place in bucket. At no time will onions be dropped from a height greater than 8 inches into buckets, or at any time during handling. Worker must exercise extreme care not to drop the onions at any time during handling. Worker should place the onions in the bucket carefully and with caution to avoid bruising or fingernail cuts. Worker will transfer the onions from the buckets to field bins; workers will then lift the irrigation drip tape to the surface of the onion beds. Loose onions or onions spilling out of field bins must be picked up and placed back into bins or buckets. Workers may be required to perform work, on the farm, that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farmworker, Diversified Crops, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Classification Code 45-2092.02.
Special Requirements
Must have 30 days verifiable experience in hand harvesting onions and some experience in general agricultural labor practices.
Employees may be requested post-hire to take drug and alcohol tests at the expense of Peri & Sons Farms at no cost to the worker. Drug and alcohol testing may also take place in the event an accident or incident occurs that warrants testing per the company policy. Failure to comply with the request of the company may result in immediate termination.