field laborer/equipment operator

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 workdays in contract) • Install Wires/New Vineyards using pliers and wire tensioner tool (Less than 50% of workdays 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