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Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended
Employment: 2/18/2024-9/30/2024. Location:Okanogan , Washington.
Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of experience. Job Duties: All aspect
of growing, caring and harvesting tree fruits. Apples, cherries and
pears.Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new
orchard properties by clearing property, planting trees, building
trellis, repair and spreading of composted material and any other labor
considered necessary for the efficient structure of new orchard
properties. Cares for trees during growing process- recognize tree
disease such as blighted branches in apples & pears and gummosis in
cherries. Harvest preparation including spreading liners in bins,
rolling bins into blocks by hand. Propping and tying of apple and cherry
trees and limbs. Repair sprinklers on overhead cooling system. Load and
unload empty bins by hand and place in orchard. Conduct mechanical work
at the worksite as required or need it. Observation of bruised, damaged
or cull fruit by the supervisor will result in a bad bin mark and after
three bad bin marks, the employees will receive disciplinary action up
to and including termination. A bad bin mark occurs when a bin is
inspected and a significant number of culls, bruised or damaged are
found by the supervisors. Farm clean up tasks to include picking up
garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis
and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks. Work in nursery environment
performing various job duties such as hoeing, weeding, planting and
irrigating.Worker will care for young non-producing fruit trees
including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth
selection by hand and clipping. Hand thinning of apple and cherry trees
to ensure proper fruit load on tree. Pruning of apple, pears, cherry &
apricot trees.\
Please Note: Start and end time will vary depending on the commodity or
season/weather conditions; Monday - Saturday they may start as early as
6:00 am when the temperatures are too hot, their shift may end by 1:00
pm. When temperatures are cold (late Oct. to Dec.) workers may start as
late as 10:00 am. Training of apple and cherry trees to trellis,
including clipping and tying limbs and shoots to wire. Training and limb
positioning of apple and cherry trees. Provide general labor to assist
in the establishment of new orchard properties by clearing property,
planting trees, building trellis, repair and spreading of composted
material and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient
structure of new orchard properties.\
Cares for trees during growing process- recognize tree disease such as
blighted branches in apples & pears and gummosis in cherries. Harvest
preparation including spreading liners in bins, rolling bins into blocks
by hand. Propping and tying of apple and cherry trees and limbs. Pruning
and thinning may be done from the ground or ladder up to 12 feet in
height, or from a motorized platform. Repair sprinklers on overhead
cooling system. Load and unload empty bins by hand and place in orchard.
Conduct mechanical work at the worksite as required or need it. Picking
numerous varieties of apples & pears and cherries according to
established company procedures accounting for difference in the
treatment of different varieties.Training: There will be a demonstration
period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate
proper methods and crop specific issues. Workers are required to
continuously work on their feet, during harvest to constantly carry and
or lift up to 60 lbs. To use a 12 foot aluminum ladder and, or a
platform when work being performed is not at ground level. Workers must
wear all required and assigned personal protective equipment at all
times, when the task requir s worker to do so. Worker must wear proper
clothing and footwear depending on the season. All footwear must be
closed-toed and durable due to safety precautions. All work sites for
this employer are drug free. Workers must not report for work, enter
property, or perform service while under the influence of alcohol,
marijuana, illegal or controlled substances. Hand harvesters may be
required to selectively pick only fruit of a certain color and/or size
as instructed by the supervison.