Farmworkers and Laborers

Number of Workers Requested:  29

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will fulfill the following duties: Shovel Work (End): Workers are required to use a shovel to tuck in the ends of the plastic being laid by machinery at the ends of each row. Weeding/Hoeing: Person removes stakes from ground and places into bundles, straps around bundles and tightens straps before placing on the fields. Harvesting of All Crops: Using a 24-quart bucket, remove mature produce from the plant with both hands (also remove calyx and stem from produce) and place into the bucket. Repeat the process on each plant until the bucket is full. Then lift the bucket and place on your shoulder, stand upright and walk at a brisk pace until you reach the truck with bins. Lift the bucket from your shoulder with both hands and hand it to the person next the bin. The person next to the bin dumps the produce into the bin and returns the bucket. Repeat process. Excluding round tomato vine ripe harvesting. Harvest Dumper: Harvest dumper is required to stand on top of or on the side of, harvesting containers and receive full harvest buckets that are being tossed to the harvest dumper from the harvesting employees. Buckets weigh with produce approximately 30 -32 lbs. when filled with product. Bucket with produce will be dumped into various types of harvesting containers. After harvest dumper receives and empties the contents into the appropriate container; the harvest dumper will return the empty bucket to the harvesting employee. The harvest dumper will monitor the cleanliness of the containers and remove any additional vegetation from produce inside the harvest containers and toss unwanted vegetation to the ground. As containers reach full capacity, the harvest dumper will stack, if needed, an additional container will be placed on top of the full container and continue the process until reaching the requested height.