Field Worker

Vineyard and Harvest Workers The job duties/description includes all aspects of vineyard related duties as listed below: ● Applying fertilizer by hand to vines – Able to lift 50lbs. ● Bank stabilization of vineyards using hand pick and shovel ● Cane cutting with hedge trimmers and pruning shears ● Canopy management – tuck canes ● Carton/tube vines (placement by hand) ● Clearing/Breakdown Trellis using wire cutters ● Clearing Brush in Vineyards using loppers and pruning shears ● Clear brush around vineyard perimeters using loppers, saws and pruning shears ● Cover/uncover Heads (Vines) using shovel ● Cut dead arms using loppers and hand saw ● Erosion control using shovel ● Fence/gate repair & maintenance in vineyards using post hole digger and pliers ● Fruit thinning with thinning shears ● Hoeing in vine rows using hand hoe (5 ft.) and shovel ● Install Drip System and drainage system using shovel ● Install Sprinkler System/New vineyards using shovel ● Install Wires/New Vineyards using pliers and wire tensioner tool ● Leaf Removal ● Make (Select) Budwood using pruning shears ● Perimeter maintenance of vineyards using chain saws, weed eaters and loppers ● Planting using shovels ● Remove diseased vines using shovel ● Replanting using shovel ● Root removal with repetitive bending down ● Shoot tipping with hedge trimmers and pruning shears ● Staking using hand-held post pounder ● Suckering ● Tractor driving (once training has been completed by certified trainer) ● Training with pruning shears, ring knife and hand saw ● Trellis installation repair & maintenance of vineyards using hand held post pounder and pliers ● Trim vines/rootstock using pruning shears ● Tying using ring knife and pruning shears ● Weed Eating Vine Rows using gas-powered weed eater ● Operating a Utility Vehicle UTV / RTV / ATV in the vineyard for transportation and moving supplies on site (once training has been completed by certified trainer) ● Operating irrigation drip system, open / close valves and monitoring for leaks HARVEST Wine Grape Harvest Workers use a knife to cut grape bunches off of grape vines and into a tub (also called a lug). The tub/lug is then dumped into a bin (also called a gondola). Other incidental activities that the employers indicated are tractor driving, weed control and property maintenance, leaf picking, crop thinning, tally sheet recording, and picking with a machine harvester. ● Caravan Equipment – moving equipment ● Set Up to Pick (Hand or Machine harvest) ● Picking – Hand ● Driver/Checker ● Sorting – Hand Crew ● Sorter/Gondola ● Loading Fruit / Forklift ● Lighting / Operator ● Tractor Driver / Gondola ● Harvester Operator ● Spotter ● Harvester Clean-up

Salary : $19