Crew Leaders and Drivers

Crew Leaders (Olives and Vegetables) Under the direction of the First-Line Supervisor: • Assign duties, such as cultivation, irrigation, or harvesting of crops or plants, product grading, or equipment maintenance. • Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding (long handled hoe or shovel), or insect identification and in the use of safety measures. • Confer with managers to evaluate weather or soil conditions, to develop plans or procedures, or to discuss issues such as changes in fertilizers, or cultivating techniques. • Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, weeding, or harvesting. • Move water and shade • Review employees' work to evaluate quality and quantity. • Recording time sheets, record keeping and data collection. • Communicate worker performance to Supervisors and Management. The Crew Leader will direct and assist other field workers under the direct supervision of the First-line Supervisor: The activities directed include: Vineyard Work • Pruning by hand – removal of unwanted wood from vine. • Suckering by hand – removal of any extra unwanted shoots on cordons/canes, trunks, removal of any short canes and shoots from the cordon/cane • Erosion control by hand – install fiber roll, straw mulch, silt fence, water bars • Replant grapevines by hand in existing vineyards • Training young vines by hand to stake and onto the fruit wire • Canopy management by hand – moving wires to position shoots within the trellis system to maintain a vertical growing grapevine • Leafing and lateral removal by hand – removing leaves from the fruit zone during the growing season; removing lateral growth from the canes within the fruit zone and growing canopy • Installation and repair of trellis by hand, wires, stakes, hoses and drip emitters in existing vineyards and new developing. • Pest Control by hand (growth tubes, milk cartons, netting) – install growth tubes and or cartons around young vines to protect plants from feeding animals and to promote good vine growth; install bird netting over the vineyards fruit zone to protect fruit from feeding birds • Weed control by hand – using mechanical string trimmer for weed abatement and or a shovel (long-handled) to cut weeds from under the vines and for weed control around slopes of vineyards and along adjacent roads • Crop thinning by hand – removal of clusters during specific times of year to enhance fruit quality • Harvesting grapes by hand All hand-related harvesting will be in accordance with California law. • Tractor mowing, disking, leafing, hedging, spraying, and small repair work: Set up and operate a tractor with mowing, disking, leafing, hedging, or spraying implements. Also complete small repair work on tractor as needed. • Tractor harvest: Set up and operate a tractor for harvest • ATV Irrigation: Use an ATV to turn on and off irrigation valves and fix leaks to the irrigation system. • Hand Vineyard Maintenance: Ranch clean up • Vineyard Development: Land preparation, trellis installation, irrigation installation, vine planting, vine training. May need to use tractors. • Hand Vineyard Maintenance: Ranch clean up • Vineyard Development: Land preparation, trellis installation, irrigation installation, vine planting, vine training, vine pulling. May need to use tractors. • Olive Pruning by hand • Olive Suckering by hand • Weed control by hand – using mechanical string trimmer for weed abatement and or a shovel (long-handled). • Crop thinning by hand- • Harvesting Olives by hand. All hand-related harvesting will be in accordance with California law. • Fence repair • vegetable planting / harvesting • Woodchipper • Ground prepping • Chainsaw

Salary : $20