strawberry picker

Strawberry harvesting, crop care, plant management, weeding, thinning, cutting runners, cutting dead fruit stems, cleaning the top of the beds of any dead leaves, old fruit, or dead plant material, soil preparation, planting. Sort fruit according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity; keep count of harvested and loaded crops, ensuring accuracy of all counts, record keeping, overages, shortages, errors. May used a handheld knife and/or a cannery ring. Ground crew. Tractor driving and irrigation assistance may be offered. Because there is no readily available, reasonable alternative means of performing the work that is suitable and appropriate to the production of the berries, they must be weeded and thinned by hand. The employer attests that any hand-weeding and thinning work will be performed in compliance with 8 Cal Code Regulation Section 3437, 3456(b-c). Workers will be provided with gloves and kneeling pads to perform these job duties.