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Employment: 2/18/2024-11/16/2024. Location: Prescott, 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. Hand harvesters will be required to handle fruit carefully
and not bruise or damage fruit when it is placed in the bin. 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 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. Safely sets
and uses ladders. Much of the picking will be done from an aluminum
ladder up to 12 feet in height. Hand tools, such as pruning hooks,
shears, and/or picking bags will be utilized. Care for plants during
growing process (hoeing/tilling/watering);\
Worker will assist in planting of trees; and Weeding, cleaning and
pruning trees; Planting of trees. Caring for Trees in the nursery; Work
in nursery environment performing various job duties such as hoeing,
weeding, planting and irrigating. Additional info regarding job
requirements 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
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