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All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform the work
described in the job order and must be available for the entire period
of employment specified in the contract. Job duties include pruning,
thinning, general orchard work and harvesting produce in an apple
orchard as well as field work of weeding, thinning, hoeing and other
duties related to the planting, maintaining and harvesting of
strawberries and blueberries. In addition, workers may be asked to drive
tractors, pick up brush from orchard floor, pick rocks to prepare soil
for planting, repair broken bins, plant and water trees and perform
other farm related duties as the need arises. Workers may also work in a
packing house, load and unload trucks, pack apples into totes and drive
trucks to remove apple bins from the outlying orchard at harvest time.
Workers will harvest apples from approximately August 15th to October
31st. Productivity during apple harvest must be at least 60 1-1/8 bu
boxes per 7 hours worked with no more than 5% bruising for fresh market.
The employer will provide 1 day of training and allow 2 days of work for
the worker to satisfactorily perform the duties described in the job
description. Workers may supervise crews of up to 10 workers during
apple harvest. Bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed
pursuant to this job order, at the company\'s sole discretion, based on
individual factors including work performance, skill and tenure. Workers
should report to work with their own suitable work clothing. Workers
must be willing to work in varied weather conditions, including
temperatures as low as 25 degrees with snow up to one foot deep and as
high as 90 degrees with damp mornings. Workers must be able to handle
and climb 20-foot ladders and know how to use a chain saw. Work requires
long period of standing, bending and kneeling, as well as climbing
ladders for long periods of time. Workers must be able to lift and carry
up to 50 lbs. on a continuous basis and be available to work Monday
through Saturday. Employer will furnish workers all tools and equipment
required to perform the duties assigned. Worker will be given 30 minutes
for lunch. Beginning and ending times will vary depending on the
conditions in the orchard. Due to health & safety concerns on our farm
workers must understand basic instruction in English. Workers referred
as a result of this order must have a minimum of one month of verifiable
experience in performing the tasks described in his order.
Employer agrees to reimburse inbound transportation and subsistence
expenses (\$15.88 per day to a maximum of \$59.00 per day with receipts)
to each worker or any person, government agency or private organization
which on behalf of the worker has paid or advanced such transportation
and subsistence expenses, from the place from which the worker has
originated, whether in the US or abroad to the place of employment,
after the worker has completed 50% of the stipulated period of
employment.
Employer will provide or pay the cost of inbound and outbound
transportation and subsistence to each worker who completes the
employment period, or who is terminated for medical reasons, or as the
result of fire, weather, or an Act of God (as determined by the
Certifying Officer), from place of employment to place from which worker
has originated. The employer will provide or pay for bus services or
planes or other modes of transportation to workers or permit workers to
select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at
no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier
transportation charges for the distances involved.