Field Laborer/Equipment Operator

Field Laborer/Equipment Operator at Bevill Vineyard Management, LLC in Healdsburg, CA.

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 lift 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

Work begins January 4, 2027 and ends October 31, 2027.

Pay is $16.9 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 35 hours per week.