Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

Packing House Labor- Watercress Line
• Watercress and Arugula bunches or loose products are transported to the packing house on trucks. The product is unloaded, packed, and stored in the cooler by the packing house employees. Prior to work all Packing House employees must wash and sanitize their hands for food safety reasons.

Dumping Tubs
• Before the trucks arrive, the dumper has to place the totes to collect the line debris and place them close to the packers for bad bunches discharged by the packers
• Fill in the washing and chilling tanks with water.
• Once the truck arrives at the packing house, the Dumper has to check the produces quality and report to the manager if there is a problem.
• After the line has started to run, the dumper removes the stick from the tote and slowly dumps the product into the washing tank.
• Place the sticks on the counting box.
• Load the empty totes in pairs on the upper compartments of the truck.
• Drives the truck out of the packing house to open space for the next truck.
• Keeps the area clean debris-free
• At the end of the operation helps to clean the packing house according to the established procedures
• Follows all supervisors instructions.

Special Requirements

Criminal background check and drug/alcohol testing: B & W Quality Growers may conduct criminal background checks and/or drug/alcohol testing at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug/alcohol screening is grounds for termination.

Due to communal living arrangements where workers entitled to free housing will reside in close proximity to one another with limited residential supervision, and due to food safety considerations, the employer will conduct criminal background checks on all hired applicants in order to minimize the occurrence of crimes among residents. In relation to the food safety considerations, and the fact that the workers are utilizing a harvesting knife to cut produce in water about inches deep, the employer will conduct random drug testing post-employment and at the employers expense.