Farmworkers/laborers

Job description

This is a job description for a farm worker/laborer. Crops: Apples and Cherries.

CHERRY/APPLES Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest apples and cherries this can be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. The Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and picks low hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. The Worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping fruit with the hands as well as using stem clippers for removing fruit from the tree so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. The Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 20lbs to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into plastic lugs which hold approximately 30 pounds of fruit or wooden bins,4'x4'x3' which hold approximately 25 bushels of fruit. Care must be exercised always to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. The Worker may be required to examine harvested fruit in plastic/wooden bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and size specifications.

See Addendum C: A.8a - Additional Job Duties.

Special Requirements

B.2) Worker must possess 3 months of tree fruit experience.
See Addendum C: B.6 Job Qualifications and Requirements.