This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For moreinformation, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6287290Workers will plant and harvest grapes. Duties also include thinning,leafing, weeding and
general farm labor. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructedby their supervisor.
Duties may vary from time to time. The activities will be performedunder extreme weather
conditions such as heat, direct sunlight, possible rain, wind, andexposure to pollen. Physical
conditions such as heavy bending, stooping and lifting will be involvedon a regular basis.
Shoot thinning: Pulling off young green shoots from the vines by hand,some use of pruning shears. No heavy lifting.
Leaf pulling: Pulling leaves from plants. Light work. More use ofpruning shears for this task than for shoot thinning but mostly handwork.
Thinning the fruit: Using hand shears, sort of a partial harvest to makesure the fruit that remains has room to get air and light.
Applying bird netting over the rows: We use bread clips to close thenets together by hand. No special tools needed.
Harvest: Involves hand shears to get the grape clusters off the vines.We have the crews do this slowly and carefully to select for quality.One or two guys will be carrying 5-gallon buckets of the fruit from thepickers to the bins on a trailer, usually only about 20 feet away. Thebuckets weigh around 20-30 lbs. when full.
Tying shoots: This is just detail work to place the growing shoots wherewe want them in the trellis wires, tying some of the shoots to the wireswith plastic tying tape.
Taking weeds off: Hand tillage for weeds from time to time using handhoes.
Minor adjustments: Throughout all these major tasks we will be doingsome canopy adjustments by hand to the vines.
The employer will provide the tools necessary to perform the describedjob duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge to theworkers for reasonable costs related to the worker\'s refusal ornegligent failure to return the tools or due to such worker\'s willfuldamage or destruction of the tools.