Tomato Pickers

Field Workers (Tomatoes) - Tomato Picker to perform the following job duties: Prepare soil for planting vine tomatoes, including use of shovels or long-handled hoes and cutting plastic to prepare ground. Stake (staking requires frequently lifting tool that weighs 12-18 pounds to drive stake into the ground), nursery work (sow and care for seedlings plants, cleaning trays, rotating trays, moving material for seedlings), plant, prune (using pruning shears), top and defoliate plants. Weed using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant, tie tomato vines to stakes using twine, and pick tomatoes (bend or reach to pick tomatoes from vines and place cartons that weigh up to 50 pounds), assist with irrigation, recover field equipment, such as plastic coverings and stakes. Occasional or intermittent hand weeding in a stooped, squatting, or kneeling position is incidental to the non-hand weeding operation and constitutes 20 percent or less of the workers` weekly labor time. Employer will abide by California Code Regulations at Title 8, Section 3456. In connection with field work, may operate equipment such as tractors to plant, harvest, and cultivate. May also perform packing duties in the field and on the farm. Will work under close supervision and are given specific task instructions while performing routine field work activities as defined above. Workers will exercise limited discretion and work activities are closely monitored by field supervisors and foreman. Workers may perform other minor work incidental to the primary job duties which will be agricultural in nature and insubstantial compared to the time spent on the primary job duties. May • Prepare the first 60 acres (section 1) of soil for planting tomato plants, including use of shovels or long-handled hoes and cutting plastic to prepare ground. • Turn soil and make rows. • Cover rows with plastic. • Make planting holes in plastic. • Nursery work (sow and care for seedlings plants, cleaning trays, rotating trays, moving • material for seedlings). • Plant tomato plants (section 1) • Stake section 1 (staking requires frequently lifting tool that weighs 12-18 pounds to drive stake into the ground) • Weeding (using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant) • Assist with irrigation June • Prepare next 60 acres (section 2) of soil for planting, including use of shovels or longhandled hoes and cutting plastic to prepare ground. • Turn soil and make rows • Cover rows with plastic • Make planting holes in plastic • Twine section 1 (tie tomato vines to stakes using twine) • Weed section 1 (using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant) • Assist with irrigation July • Plant tomato plants (section 2) • Weed (using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant) and prune section 1 (using pruning shears), top and defoliate plants. • Stake section 2 (staking requires frequently lifting tool that weighs 12-18 pounds to drive stake into the ground) • Twine section 2 (tie tomato vines to stakes using twine) • Start harvest in section 1 (pick tomatoes - bend or reach to pick tomatoes from vines and place cartons that weigh up to 50 pounds) • Assist with irrigation August • Continue harvest in section 1 (pick tomatoes - bend or reach to pick tomatoes from vines and place cartons that weigh up to 50 pounds) • Weed section 1 (using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant) • Weed section 2 (using a long-handled hoe and hands if close to the plant) • Assist with irrigation September • Prepare the next 60 acres (section 3) of soil for planting tomato plants, including use of • shovels or long-handled hoes and cutting plastic to prepare ground. • Turn soil and make rows • Cover rows with plastic • Make planting holes in plastic • Assist with irrigation

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