Field Workers (Cabbage)

H2ajobs; Somerton (AZ); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Company transportation to grocery

Job summary

H2ajobs in Somerton, AZ is seeking agricultural laborers to harvest cabbage and prepare it for value-added processing. You will cut, bag, and load cabbage in the field, walk uneven furrows behind harvesting conveyor belt, and help determine size and quality under the field foreman.

A harvesting knife with a coring attachment may be used to core heads and trim outer leaves. The job involves packing into cartons or totes, weighing up to 50 lbs, with pallets and forklifts part of the workflow.

Qualifications

• Must have 1 month of experience in produce harvesting.
• Physically able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Able to work in muddy, dirty conditions.

Responsibilities

• Harvest cabbage in the field and prepare for packing.
• Cut, bag, and load cabbage; follow conveyer belt workflow.
• Inspect quality, core and trim as needed, and sort into cartons or totes.
• Pack produce into cartons or totes; label and stage for shipment.
• Assist with pallets and safe handling of equipment; follow foreman instructions.

Skills

Stamina

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Tools

Harvesting knife

Coring attachment

Hand tools

Job description

Crops: Cabbage

Cabbage in preparation for value added: Heavy labor field work to harvest Cabbage in preparation for value added. Employees cut, bag, and load cabbage in the field. Employee will walk in uneven furrows behind a harvesting conveyor belt to cut the produce. Under the direction of the field foreman, the worker then determines the size and quality of the cabbage to be harvested and using a harvesting knife with a coring attachment, the employee bends at the waist, grasps produce and cuts the head from its roots. Employee then trims the outer leaves from the head and cores it with coring attachment either by hand or with the machines coring mechanism to prepare it to be placed in a carton/tote or on the belt. The cored cabbage is then carried down the belt where employees inspect quality, core, and remove loose leaves prior to being dropped in a bin where it is sorted to bin capacity or to be field packed. Cutter places the product on a table for the packer either or combination of; tie, spot wash, sort, wrapped, sealed, and placed into a carton or tote. The cartons or totes for the product are constructed by unfolding and bending the material as designed to form a box. Carton is labeled and marked as required. The process is repeated. Employees also may do the same process without coring the cabbage. With the non-coring process, the employees may place whole cabbage heads directly into bin or on belt. The cartons, totes or bins are then stalked onto pallets on the deck of the harvester or trailer. Cartons or totes with product can weigh up to 50 lbs. Empty pallets can weigh up to 95 lbs. A forklift carries the pallets onto a trailer and between two workers the pallets are carried to be assembled.

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to the primary duties such as cleaning up field before during and after harvest, picking up trash, discarding cartons and assisting as safety monitor when equipment is turning in the field to begin a new pass.

In the event that an employee is injured while on the job, the Company will provide a temporary work assignment that will be as closely related to the job duties described herein, while the employee recovers from a work‑related illness which meets with physicians’ clearance to return to work under specific limitations. The work assignment will not be a permanent position, it will be temporary to accommodate the injured worker under doctor’s restrictions and time period that may differ from the heavy field work described within.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Workers occupying employer-provided housing in which full kitchen facilities are available will be responsible for preparing their own meals. Workers will purchase food at their own expense and prepare their own meals. Kitchen and eating facilities will be shared with other workers occupying the Company-provided housing facilities. Employer will provide workers with cooking and eating utensils. No kitchen facilities or meals are provided to workers not occupying Company-provided housing. Laundry facilities are available on site with wash basins free of charge. Workers will be offered free transportation via company vehicles at least once per week to grocery store to purchase food to prepare meals.

Transport: The following provisions pertaining to provision or reimbursement for inbound and return transportation and subsistence apply only to persons recruited from outside normal commuting distance.

Experience wanted: 1 months

Must have 1 months work experience with the produce as defined in this application including harvest work.

Specific requirements include lifting to 50 pounds frequently and being able to use hand tools, including cutting knives, shears, and long handled hoes. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Must be able to work under conditions where skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc.