Farmworkers Laborers & Crops
Employer
271 STATE RT 208
NEW PALTZ, NY 12561
United States
Job description
Pruning and harvest fruits such as apples, peaches, & pears by hand. Pick apples for fresh marketing and/or processing. A minimum productivity standard applies: 120 bushel boxes of fresh market apples per day. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising, not to exceed 2 %. Workers may be instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color & other USDA standards, or to cut stems during harvest. Worker must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal-framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket weighing up to 45 lbs. are emptied into bulk bins. Workers required to handle ladders up to 24' long and weighing up to 2 lbs. per foot. While working in the field, all cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Due to safety concerns on a farm, workers must understand basic instructions in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.
Special Requirements
The employer will not guarantee to pay the workers a bonus but reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to offer a bonus
or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of the highest applicable rate stated above based on longevity of tenure or exceptional job
performance.
The employer reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to temporarily raise the above listed piece rate due to crop
conditions. In the tasks where there is no prevailing practice to pay a piece rate, the employer, at his sole discretion, may opt to pay
per hour to ensure a good quality product.