General Farm Workers: Celery

Job description

Commodities to harvest and pack: Celery Sticks, Celery, bulk celery

Celery Harvester (/Harvest Machine/ belt): This position works under close supervision of the harvest crew foreperson. This position safely and efficiently harvests celery crop either by ground or with the assistance harvest machine/belt. This position may perform other general labor work (see Weeding job description)

Essential Job Duties:

• Harvests fresh, /bulk depending on grower request
• Properly sorts celery according to size and quality
• Packages suitable celery in required packaging container and box;
• Inspects celery for signs of disease and insect manifestation
• Reports all safety problems, incidents, and injuries to foreman immediately.
• Complies with all Company Policies, including observing appropriate lunch and rest periods.

Qualifications:

• Overtime Work as needed.
• Able to keep up at a reasonable pace with the rest of the crew
• Able to read safety signs
• Able to perform work up to company standards

Physical Requirements:

• The employee is constantly required to stand, walk, reach, use hands/fingers to handle or feel, hear and see.
• The employee is constantly required to push, pull, lift and carry from 1 lb up to 25 lbs., with occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 lbs.
• Occasional reaching above shoulder with frequent reaching below shoulder level.
• The employee is in constant bending and twisting of the waist, with frequent squatting.

Working environment:

• The employee is constantly required to work in outside atmospheric weather conditions, uneven ground, and noise, vibration, around hazards such as moving machine parts, equipment, wet rows, wind and dust.
• The employee is occasionally required to work under cold temperatures just above freezing and heat.

Crop Maintenance/Weeder: The Weeder is responsible for manually removing weeds, , and all other duties as assigned with celery. This is a non-managerial position and works under the close supervision of the crew foreperson.

Plant cleaning: weeding using long-handled hoes and by hand, plant/field maintenance, cleaning of old and new vegetative growth on plant bed. Weeding of hand is occasional/intermittent (less than 20% of weekly work time). Employer complies with the California health and safety rules applicable to hand weeding.

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties. Such work will be temporary and unsubstantial agricultural labor.

Essential Job Duties:

• Weeds and clean crop using both hands.
• Performs general ranch/field clean up
• Complies with all Company Policies, including observing appropriate lunch and rest periods.
• Use of hand tools such as hoes and shovels to cut weeds

Qualifications:

• Able to follow verbal direction
• Able to follow safety and conduct rules

Physical Requirements:

• The employee is constantly required to walk, push and pull with both hands, required to bend at waist. Constantly bending and twisting neck, repetitive grasping and fine manipulation with both hands, and reaching below shoulder level.
• The employee is frequently required to stand and power grasp with both hands with frequent squatting and kneeling.
• The employee is occasionally required to lift and carry up to 25 lbs.

Working Environment:

• The employee is constantly required to work in outside weather conditions, uneven ground, wet rows, and dust.

See Addendum C.

Special Requirements

Three months experience in vegetable harvest is required. Work is performed in open fields and may involve exposure to mud, dust, wind, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Temperatures can range from 30 degrees Fahrenheit to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. No smoking, alcohol, firearms in the field or residential housing. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. (i.e. Workers must listen to, understand and follow instructions of Employer supervisors and managers.)

See Addendum C.