Vineyard Farmworker

Crops/Commodities: wine grapes, apples. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Multiple contract start dates available. Alternative start date(s) include the following: 4/6/2026 This job requires workers to perform agricultural field work in a vineyard and handling manual tasks including pruning, thinning and harvesting activities associated with production of grapes and apples Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Performs a variety of tasks under supervision in vineyard/winery operation. Primary tasks are grape production and agricultural activities, including planting and cultivating vines, adding grow tubes, and pruning grape vines. Performs vineyard canopy management to permit light and air to circulate around grapevines, including thinning fruit and removing shoots and vines. Performs vineyard maintenance activities, such as weed control with mowers and chemicals. Sprays vines and fruit with herbicides, pesticides and fungicides. Installs and maintains vine trellises and ties vines to trellises. Installs and maintains bird netting. May load and unload trucks, install irrigation equipment and clean equipment. May perform general indoor tasks or post-harvest activities (e.g., packing or moving products to storage at winery facility) when outdoor vineyard work is not available (all such activities will be performed incident to or in conjunction with vineyard operation). The primary reason for pruning is to improve fruit quality and thus increase crop marketability and value. Dormant pruning is critical to grape production. Workers are expected to possess the requisite skills necessary to know what, when, where and how much to prune on a grape vine. Pruning involves identifying and removing the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs. Workers must demonstrate and consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Workers must be prepared to work outdoors in cold weather. Work will take place when the temperatures exceed 10 degrees F. unless the wind chill factor is 10 degrees F. or colder. Workers will be expected to work in light snow. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Workers will assist in loading trucks with product or rocks weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Work may also include mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators and other equipment. Work will also include the use of handtools, including but not limited to loppers, limb/ tree saws, and pruning shears. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Employer requires all newly hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid background check. All background checks are conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Applicants found to have felony convictions (including, but not limited to assault, child molestation, sex or drug-related convictions) may be terminated out of concern for general public safety, and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a foreign worker who is terminated for cause resulting from findings of the background check, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense.

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