About Us
OFR INC., THE OUTDOOR FIELD RECRUITMENT COMPANY
OUR MISSION
At OFR, Inc. we strive to provide quality service that is uncompromised by the production halts of non-compliance. With multiple departments ranging from Field Operations, Human Resources, Safety & Compliance to our highly trained Payroll team, OFR ensures that every possible offset is addressed beforehand. In this manner, we are able to provide our customer with unwavering and unrivaled service.
OUR STORY
With a life of agriculture under his belt, Oscar Ramos, CEO of OFR, Inc. knows the ins and outs of the field. Raised on a family ranch run by his father, Oscar worked many of the activities he now contracts for. This provided Oscar the knowledge not only to gauge the quality of services but also all that it takes to nurture a vineyard to its fullest potential. When OFR, Inc. was founded it was like any other labor contracting company, run out of a small office with few key members. Nobody would have expected the leap OFR would take in the coming years. With Oscar steering the company and his few supporting people, OFR picked up momentum quickly. Oscar’s age and knowledge combined created a modernized vision of what labor contracting once was. Implementing all the successful elements of traditional contracting along with steadfast preventive measures to attack the details he’d seen be the downfall of so many contractors over the years. To accomplish this, OFR invested its early profits into creating divisions of the company that would be directly responsible for each component of farm labor. Where Field Operations would oversee quality and production, Safety & Compliance would address injury reporting, employee safety training and OSHA Compliance, then just as important, Payroll staff would ensure timely and proper payment in compliance with the Department of Labor. It wasn’t long before Oscar’s vision and ingenuity paid off, as the list of lasting contractors dwindled and the amount of lawsuits rose, OFR was still standing strong and promptly became a rational option for growers.
CORE VALUES
Responsibility, Integrity, Productivity, Organization, and Safety are the elements that compose our Core Values. They are the blueprint to the work performed at OFR. Our Core Values are designed to guide our employees in a direction of positive improvement in their everyday work. By setting an outline of clear expectations through a system of moral principles, we endeavor to achieve quality production from each employee stemming from their own drive to personal and team success. Instilling these values in our team creates a company built on the affirmation of five elements that are key in individual and group achievement while elevating OFR to a higher standard of conduct and performance.
Our Services
SERVING CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES FOR OVER 30 YEARS
FARM LABOR CONTRACTING
Operating in numerous counties throughout California, OFR contracts labor to farm companies. Aside from contracting seasonal employees we also contract for long term employees and act as an agricultural employee management company. With a dedicated team of safety and compliance managers and field supervisors we can insure an adequate source of skilled employees all the while keeping to specific safety standards set forth by Cal-Osha.
TRELLIS SUPPLIES
In our involvement and supplying skilled employees to vineyard and orchard development projects throughout the years we became proficient in carrying out plans and orders for new site vineyard development and/or orchards. Because of this we now provide most trellis supplies that are needed to insure that your orchard or vineyard trellis is realized. We have very competitive prices because we buy direct from the mills.
TRANSPORTATION
Our transportation team focuses on creating a safe, compliant department, and reliable department. We exercise on going and routine training and safety guidelines for our drivers and proper truck maintenance. We are also environmentally conscious and our transportation trucks operate at clean emissions standards of today. If you are in need of moving harvest equipment or just need a reliable trucking company to move your precious materials please don’t hesitate to call so that we may earn your business.
MANUFACTURING
Our team of skilled welders and shop technicians are equipped to build nearly any piece of equipment that could be used on or off the vineyard. The OFR Shop, which started out building our in-house portable restroom units, now creates fully customizable restroom units and hauling trailers for outside customers.
CUSTOM FARMING
At OFR we also provide numerous custom farming services for an array of projects. Services like: • Spreading wire for vineyard and orchard trellis projects. • Post Installation, with our post pounding machines. • Irrigation trenching and pipe installations for irrigation projects. • Light excavation.
30 YEARS
AND GROWING
Safety & Compliance
WE TAKE THIS BUSINESS VERY SERIOUSLY
TRAINING
Our Safety & Compliance Team works under the close supervision of a highly qualified Human Resources manager to ensure that all laws and regulations are being rightfully implemented on all jobsites. For the safety of our employees and our growers, this efficient team provides New Employee Training at the commencement of new activities and follow-up training to review weekly safety topics with crews. These topics are outlined in a Safety Yearly calendar which was created to address the key hazards of each season and periodically updated to maintain relevance. This Department also hosts conference trainings for Foremen and Supervision to cover law required trainings such as: Sexual Harassment, WPS, First Aid, etc…
INSPECTIONS
Jobsite Inspections are performed on a weekly basis by a member of the Safety Team who has been through extensive training to thoroughly inspect each jobsite for hazards and nonconformities. These inspections require crew interviews and the revision of equipment used along with a jobsite walkthrough.
CERTIFICATIONS
OFR, Inc’s Safety Team is trained and qualified to provide employee trainings and certifications for First Aid, Sexual Harassment, and the Worker Protection Standard. In addition, many years of experience have equipped the company to achieve Golden Gate Certifications in machinery shops across its working regions.