Farmworker: Diversified (45-2092.00)

Workers will perform various duties associated with planting, cultivating, harvesting, packing, weeding, irrigating, loading, unloading, and spraying crops. Crops include Tomatoes, Peppers, Strawberries, Cucumbers, Pickles, Squash, Zucchini, Eggplant, Corn, Beans. Workers will plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees. Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Farm Equipment Operation: Worker may be required to operate tractors, forklifts, and other farm equipment during farming operations as an incidental activity in the production of the crops. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of tractor. Worker will be required to operate tractors according to instructions and in a manner, that protects the operator, other workers, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination. Properly licensed workers may transport workers. Farm, and Field Sanitation: All workers will be responsible for picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping floors and other farm sanitation duties. During certain duties, workers may be required to work in teams to accomplish a certain task. When engage in teamwork activities workers must coordinate with other members of the team to accomplish the task. Employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malinger, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product. Full Crop Commitment: This is regular work, seven hours per day, Monday-Friday, and 5 hours on Saturday for the full remainder of the period of employment. The worker agrees to work for assigned employer(s) whenever work is available during the full remaining period of employment even though work may be slack at times. The worker understands that if the worker quits or is terminated for cause prior to the end of the period of employment, the worker will not receive the 3/4 guarantees discussed below and will not receive certain transportation reimbursements discussed below. Excessive tardiness and/or absences will not be tolerated and will result in termination.

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