Farmworker/laborer
Employer
22798 Rd. U SW
Mattawa, WA 98849
United States
Job description
Specifi c Job Requirements: THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size a qualityof grown fruit. The Worker must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladderweighing 40 pounds. Furthermore, the Worker must be able to use scissor like clippers. This processrequires the Worker to remove, in some cases not limited to the smallest fruit blossom, bud and/oridentifi able fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. The Worker will be expected to be able identifyand remove fruit that is misshapen, damaged and/or with other quality problems as directed bysupervisors. Thinning may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder.
TRAINING: Training is a process in which the fruit tree is manipulated to increase yield and/or quality.The Worker must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds.Training may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or ladder. Some exampletraining tasks are but not limited to Tying, taping or clipping apple, pear, or cherry limbs to wires.Tying up or down apple, pear, or cherry limbs. Training and limb positioning of apple, pear and cherrytrees. Shoot thinning, sucker removal, cluster thinning, shoot positioning, hedging, or leaf removal.Propping and supporting cherry, apple and pear trees.
*See Job Duties 1.2
Special Requirements
See Addendum C