Field Worker- Strawberries/Raspberry/Blackberry Harvest

All work is performed in the field and on the farm.

Pick, sort and package in fields on the farm. Workers will walk in 13-inch dirt rows and bend over picking strawberries, raspberry and blackberry behind a picking cart. Use hand tools, till soil. Transplant, occasionally weed by hand, thin, and prune crops. Weeding by hand is occasional (approximately 15% of weekly work time and less than 20% of weekly work time). Employer complies with the California health and safety rules applicable to hand weeding. The employer will comply with California health and safety rules applicable to weeding.

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to field work, including but not limited to packing strawberries, raspberry and blackberry, closing/stacking boxes in and around the field on the farm, and clean-up functions in and around the field on the farm. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor.

Workers will accompany crops to first point of retail (i.e., farmers market) and load and unload crop commodities.

Driver-

1. Driver may drive on the farm and over the road in company farm vehicles (cargo vans) to deliver crops to market. Driving job duty is not a different job and the drivers perform harvesting job duties when not driving. This activity is secondary agriculture under the Fair Labor Standards Act as it is in conjunction with and incidental to Rodriguez Farm’s farming operations.
2. Driver will be responsible for filling vehicles with fuel and keeping vehicles clean.
3. Driver will be required to complete and process periodic driving reports as required by state laws.
4. Driver will be required to follow all traffic laws and if applicable, vanpool rules.
5. In order to drive, drivers must possess a valid authorized driver’s license (Class C)
6. Drivers are compensated for these activities.
7. All employees engaged in driving activities (H-2A as well as corresponding domestic workers), will be given the opportunity to obtain a driver’s license on a voluntary basis. The employer will be responsible for the costs associated with obtaining a California Driver’s License. The DL is not a pre-hire job requirement. No job applicant will be denied an employment opportunity due to a lack of a DL at the time of application and/or hiring. Further, no worker (H-2A or corresponding domestic worker) will be terminated for failure to obtain a DL.

Driver Specifications: Employees drive approximately 1-2 hours per day and performs driving duties less than 50% of the overall contract hours, thus, less than 50% of total workdays over the entire contract.

Sales
• Sell products or services.
• Collect payments for goods or services.
Selling Specifications: Employees assist with less than 50% of the overall contract hours, thus, less than 50% of total workdays over the entire contract.

Market:

Incident to and in conjunction with Rodriguez Farm’s farming operations on the farm, workers will perform secondary agriculture functions, as described at 29 C.F.R. 780.105(c), that include:

Load and offload berries and supplies at farm and at farmers' markets, supervise market sales and staff at markets, collect sales from other vendors local, H-2A drive vehicle with H-2A employees to and from work, drive to and from farmers' markets, drive and deliver berries to local broker 16 miles each way (Castroville to Watsonville) deliver berries from one farm location to the other.

Farmer Market assistance: Employees will work at Farmer’s Markets less than assist with less than 50% of the overall work days.

Employment period: Jul 16, 2026 – Dec 5, 2026