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Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended
Employment: 2/18/2024-11/16/2024. Location: Granger, 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. Hand harvesters may be required to selectively pick
only fruit of a certain color and/or size as instructed by the
supervisor. 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 ot at ground level. Workers must wear all required
and assigned personal protective equipment at all times, when the task
requires 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.