Field Workers: Blackberry Harvesters

Job Duties The work is performed in the field on the farm. Each blackberry harvester is given 7 plastic containers, 6 containers are for harvesting fresh fruit and 1 container is for rotten fruit. The containers are hung around the waist. Harvesters will walk through the furrow and pick facing the vine. They tend to walk laterally up and down the furrow picking from plants that are from two (2) to six (6) feet high. They will fill the six (6) plastic containers and hang them from the tread when full. The full container carries approximately three (3) pounds of blackberries.…