Farmworkers and Laborers

Duties may vary from time to time. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Planting/Harvesting Strawberries and Raspberries - Pick and sort berries by hand. Grade accordingly to supervisor’s instructions making sure to discard defective fruit. Gently remove fruit from branches and vines making sure not to damage. Fruit pickers are expected to work quickly and efficiently. Strawberries/Raspberries grow on low-lying plants; workers must have the endurance and strength to bend over for a long period. You will need to kneel for a long period collecting the fruit. Once you have removed fruit from the plant you will need to place them in a strawberry pint or clamshell carefully so no injury may occur to them. Fruit pickers must be detail-oriented, fast and reliable so they can remove fruit without loss. Prune bushes by hand using pruning shears and loppers. Remove debris from fields using hoes, shovels, baskets, etc. Fruit harvesters must carefully, yet quickly, inspect fruit and bushes for signs of disease, insect manifestations, worms, rot and remove or replace bushes as directed by the farm manager. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit. It is the picker's responsibility to sort good product from contaminated or rotting fruit to ensure that all produce will be routed to appropriate facilities for cleaning and distribution. Chop off, pull up, or twist off strawberry plants in preparation for the next crop. Remove blossoms to improve fruit quality. Duties may also include tilling soil, transplanting, pulling weeds, raking, thinning or pruning crops, cleaning/grading/packing harvested products, and cleaning around shed area. May do minor repairs to existing fences and farm buildings. Participate in irrigation activities. Workers may be asked to drive workers from/to housing, worksite, grocery store and other errands.

Salary : $14