Field Laborer/Equipment Operator
Employer: Bevill Vineyard Management, LLC
Location: Healdsburg, CA
Workers needed: 54
Pay: $16.90/hour
Season: Jan 4, 2027 – Jul 31, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Vineyard Laborer: Under close supervision of supervisors/foremen, perform relatively non-complex tasks using minimal discretion, working in wine grape vineyards.
The job duties/description includes all aspects of vineyard related duties as listed below:
A – STANDARD FARMING
• Applying Fertilizer by Hand to Vines – Able to life 50lbs.
• Bank Stabilization of Vineyards using hand pick and shovel
• Cane Cutting with hedge trimmers and pruning shears
• Canopy Management – tuck canes
• Carton/Tube Vines (Placement by hand)
• Clearing/Breakdown Trellis using wire cutters
• Clearing Brush in Vineyards using loppers and pruning shears
• Cover/Uncover Heads (Vines) using shovel
• Cut Dead Arms using loppers and hand saw
• Erosion Control using shovel
• Fence/Gate Repair & Maintenance in Vineyards using post hole digger and pliers (Less than 50% of workdays in contract)
• Fruit Thinning with thinning shears
• Hoeing in vine rows using hand hoe (5 ft.) and shovel
• Install Drip System using shovel
• Install Sprinkler System/New Vineyards using shovel
• Install Vineyard Deer Fences using post hole digger and shovel (Less than 50% of worksdays in contract)
• Install Wires/New Vineyards using pliers and wire tensioner tool (Less than 50% of worksdays in contract)
• Leaf Removal
• Make (Select) Budwood using pruning shears
• Perimeter Maintenance of Vineyards using chain saws, weed eaters and loppers
• Planting using shovels
• Remove Diseased Vines using shovel
• Replanting using shovel
• Root Removal with repetitive bending down
• Shoot Tipping with hedge trimmers and pruning shears
• Staking using hand-held post pounder
• Suckering
• Tractor Driving (once training has been completed by certified trainer)
• Training with pruning shears, ring knife and hand saw
• Trellis Repair & Maintenance of vineyards using handheld post pounder and pliers
• Trim Vines/Rootstock using pruning shears
• Tying using ring knife and pruning shears
• Weed Eating Vine Rows using gas-powered weed eater
B – HARVEST
• Caravan Equipment – moving equipment
• Set Up to Pick (Hand or Machine harvest)
• Picking – Hand
• Driver/Checker
• Sorting – Hand Crew
• Sorter/Gondola
• Loading Fruit / Forklift
• Lighting / Operator
• Tractor Driver / Gondola
• Harvester Operator
• Spotter
• Harvester Clean-up
See Addendum C
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 are provided to workers not occupying Company-provided housing. Laundry facilities at no cost to workers are available. Employer to provide access to purchase groceries at least once a week.
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:
For workers who complete 50 percent of the work period, the Employer will reimburse the worker for costs incurred by the worker for transportation and reasonable subsistence from the place from which the worker came to work for the Company which is the place of recruitment.
Experience wanted: 1 months
1 month of vineyard farming experience is required. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs. frequently. See Addendum C for additional details.
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