Celery Heavy Labor Harvester

Tanimura & Antle•Oxnard, CA

68d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time seasonal position for a heavy labor harvester working in celery. The employee will be a member of a celery heavy labor harvest crew, performing tasks under the direction of a foreperson or supervisor. Employees will work under close supervision, receive specific instructions, and perform routine tasks that require limited judgment, with the goal of building harvesting skills and efficiencies.

Requirements

Must be able to perform all responsibilities and general job specifications outlined.
Must work as a member of a celery heavy labor harvest crew.
Must work under close supervision of a crew leader and receive specific instructions.
Must perform routine tasks that require a limited exercise of judgment.
Must not place produce on the table which does not meet the specifications set forth by the supervisor for the crop being harvested, nor leave un-harvested produce which meets such specifications.
Must not touch conveyors or chains.
Must listen to, understand, and follow instructions of Company row bosses, forepersons, supervisors and managers.
Must assist in maintaining work areas and Company property in a neat and clean condition by not littering or in any deliberate way defacing Company property.
Must come prepared with appropriate clean clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described.

Nice To Haves

No experience required.

Responsibilities

Harvests produce by walking in assigned furrows, on top of growing beds behind or in front of a harvesting machine platform or harvesting cart, selecting size and quality of the produce to be harvested as specified by the supervisor.
Bends and grasps selected produce and cuts it from its roots and or stalks using a harvesting knife.
Trims the product according to specifications of supervisor.
Discards produce that does not meet specified quality standards.
Inserts trimmed produce meeting quality specifications into specified packaging or containers and/or places the freshly harvested produce on the table for taping/clipping by the clipper and packing by packer in the field.
Must not place produce on the table which does not meet the specifications set forth by the supervisor for the crop being harvested, nor leave un-harvested produce which meets such specifications.
Works as a Button Operator on any of the harvest machines, responsible for establishing the speed of the harvest machine at the direction of the Foreperson, lifting or lowering the wings of the harvester, and operating the control panel to control the carousel speed, water supply and a kill switch to inactivate the harvest machine in an emergency.
May be used as a safety monitor to assist the Machine Operator to ensure safety when the machines are turning in the fields to begin a new pass and may assist the Machine Operator in opening and closing machines.
Moves cartons weighing from 32-66 pounds, as required.
Cleans-up fields, which may consist of picking up trash, discarding cartons, and any other weed or debris, etc., which will be removed from the field just before, during and after harvest.
Stands on harvest machine platform, closes cartons, takes packed cartons off conveyor belt and seals the finished carton with tape or special locking lids.
Moves sealed cartons (approximately 32-66 pounds) to the side for loading on pallets.
Lifts and carries carton box bundles (15 boxes/bundle, approximately 32 lbs.; export 20 boxes/bundle, approximately 66 lbs.) from side of harvest platform to box forming area.
Removes strapping, unfolds carton and forms into a box to be packed.
Places stickers on cartons indicating quantity to be packed in cartons.
Places made-up boxes on wings of harvest platform to be available for packers.
Lifts and carries pallets (approximately 42 lbs (T&A Pallet) - 56 lbs (Chep Pallet) from supply on side of harvesting machine and arranges the pallets on harvest platform.
Takes closed cartons and arranges on pallets according to specifications of supervisor.