Farmworker And Laborers, Crops

Job description

Workers will provide general labor to assist in the establishment and or maintenance of new or existing orchard properties.
Job duties may include clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of orchard properties.
Maintenance may include repairing sprinklers on the overhead cooling system, repairing, and or spreading composted material.
Farm property clean up may include tasks such as picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks. Workers may need to clear rocks and debris from the planting area; assist with marking the field for placement of various infrastructure items including trellis, irrigation system, roads, and loading areas.
Workers may care for young non-producing fruit trees including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping. Workers will provide tree care during the growing process by recognizing tree diseases such as blighted branches in apples and gummosis in cherries.
The employer or designated worker will provide instructions and general supervision.
Workers will be expected to conform to specific instructions given for each day’s work. Workers will be required to attend orientations and follow instructions regarding workplace rules, policies, and safety information.
All work sites covered by this clearance order and all facilities of the employer are drug free workplaces. Workers must not report for work, enter employers' property, or perform service while under the influence of or having used alcohol, marijuana, or illegal controlled substances. Workers must not report for work or perform services while under the influence of or impaired by prescription drugs, medications, marijuana, alcohol, or other substances that may in any way adversely affect their alertness, coordination, reaction response or safety.
Workers may be asked to operate various types of general orchard equipment including ATVs, Forklifts, and tractor attachments during general orchard operations and maintenance. Workers may also be asked to use general orchard implements and tools including air compressors, water pumps, generators, chainsaws, weed eaters, machetes, etc. during general orchard operations and maintenance. Workers may drive vans that have 14 or less passengers. Workers who drive passenger vans of a capacity of 14 or less must possess a valid driver's license.
Workers may function as orchard irrigators, managing tree fruit water schedules.
Workers may also drive tractors, spray, and mix chemicals and fertilizers, operate trucks to move farm equipment, crops, and farm workers, and perform general repairs of agricultural equipment.
These jobs could be asked of certain workers based on work performance, experience, and or skills.

Workers with a clean MVR and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to operate employer-owned trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to haul tools, supplies, crops, and transport workers (whether on or off farm) to and from the worker housing to the farm properties and occasionally around the farm properties during the workday including on public roads to reach the fields where work will be performed; and/or may transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis. Driving does not occur on a regular schedule. No applicants or workers will be rejected for not possessing a driver’s license or who may be unwilling to drive company vehicles. Such duties are completely optional and may be declined by the worker at his or her sole discretion. The Employer can and will make alternative arrangements for the transportation of workers should the need arise.

Special Requirements

Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.
Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.