General Laborers

Job description

A Oseguera Company, Inc. (also referred to herein as “Oseguera” “Employer” or “Company”) is headquartered in Salinas, California (1099 Rogge Road, Salinas, CA 93906), Phone: 831-443-4155. Oseguera is a registered Farm Labor Contractor.

Job title: General Laborers
Workers Needed:
a. Total: 290
b. H-2A: 265
Oseguera seeks certification for 265 H2A workers. The total number of workers needed is 290. Of the 290 total workers, it is estimated that 25 will be domestic workers that do not require housing.

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

General Laborers to perform the following duties:

In the field: Workers will cut, wash, bag, seal, pack and load boxes, crates and or bins of broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green beans, green leaf, iceberg lettuce, cabbage, romaine lettuce (including hearts), kale, head lettuce (including core).
Drive tractors and machines for harvest.
Workers wash product when on tables or conveyor belt once cut.
Worker’s load and tie product on field trailers pulled by tractors.
May work as Crew Leader Helper to assist Foreman/Crew Leader with production.

All duties are performed on the farm.

(See Addendum C)

Special Requirements

Two months of experience in harvesting vegetables. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops for proper ripeness and maturity, no smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the housing or work fields. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. Work is performed outdoors in open fields and can involve exposure to sun, wind, mud, dust, heat, cold and other elements of the normal field environment. Temperatures can range from 50 degrees F to over 90 degrees F during the period of employment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described.

(See Addendum C)