Description

Manually plant, cultivate, tie and stake, harvest, weed, prune raspberries and blueberries bushes using pruning shears and loppers. Workers may operate farming equipment to plant, and harvest raspberries and blueberries. Put up trellis for new fields (posts, wire, hooks), and remove for old fields post-harvest. Put wires up and down to train plants. Pack potted berry plants into Bins. Pull weeds and assist with irrigation tasks as assigned. Drive raspberry and blueberry harvester. Help unload fruit onto flatbed trucks. Fill and stack flats on the back of harvester. Fill and stack lugs on the back of blueberry harvester. Sort out foreign material on harvester. Unload full flats from harvester onto flatbed trucks and reload harvester with empty flats. Clean, grease, and lube harvester. Transport fruit on flatbed truck to the harvest plant. Return to field with empty flats. Valid driver’s license required to operate farm’s vehicles. Flat washing, lug stacking. Move full flat/lug pallets with a forklift or pallet jack. Remove pallet stickers. Scan stickers on pallets for traceability. Load flats/lug into the dumpers with the pneumatic hoist. Unstack drums onto pallets and install liners in the drums. Erect totes onto pallets and install corner posts and liners. Fill drums and totes to correct weight, close and seal with lid, ring, and zip tie. Use stretch wrap to ensure pallet stability. Operate/stock case erector and bag inserter, fill cases to correct weight and fold liners. Stack/palletize cases on to pallets. Move pallets from production floor into the freezer or loading dock. Inspect berries for defects and foreign material. Operate forklifts and pallet jacks to move product and packaging around including proper loading and unloading of trucks. Remove trash, recycling, foreign material, and wood chips from production floor, clean fruit residue throughout the production facility. Ensure sort-out and rework products are collected and distributed to correct color-coded containers. Empty inspection line workers collection containers. Maintain floors clean of spills and debris. Remove cardboard and unused pallets from production room. Cleans and sanitizes the entire production area. Remove cardboard and unused pallets from production room. Follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) to ensure product safety, including wearing Proper Protective Equipment (PPE). Maintain a clean and safe work are. Operate sweepers, scrubbers, pressure washers and other types of sanitation equipment. Basic disassembly and reassembly of equipment to clean and sanitize. Follow pre-operations procedure to inspect and verify equipment cleanliness. Mix and use chemicals related to cleaning and sanitizing. Maintain complete, accurate and legible records.

Qualifications

Must have 3 months experience. (Apples/Pears/Cherries/Blueberries/Raspberries/Other fruits)
Must be available the entire season.
Must be able to travel if required.
If the the position requires it, must be able to work weekends.
Raspberry Canes and Raspberries pruning and tying.
Must have the ability to extend the hands and arms in any direction.
Must have the ability to maintain equilibrium to prevent falling.
Must have the ability to bed the body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist; requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Must have the ability to bend downward and forward by bending legs and spine.
Must have the ability to exert force by lifting, lowering, pulling, carrying, or pushing up to fifty pounds on a regular basis.
Must have the ability to pick, pinch, or otherwise work primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
Must have the ability to seize, hold, grasp, turn or otherwise work with the hand or hands (fingers are involved only to extent that they are in extension of the arm).
Must have the ability to distinguish colors and shades of colors.
Must have the ability to see clearly at twenty inches or less.
Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus.
Ability to stand and walk for up to 4 hours at a time during a 10-hour shift.