Farmworker/ Laborer

Job description

CHERRY Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest cherries; this can be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. The Worker will attach a harness, bucket, or bag and pick low-hanging fruit while standing or on a ladder.
The Worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping fruit with the hands and removing it from the tree in a motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. The Worker will carry a harness, bucket, or bag of up to 20 lbs. and will place fruit into plastic lugs that hold approximately 30 pounds of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Some Workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in plastic or wooden bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. The worker must possess the ability to pick up and handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds.

APPLE/PEAR Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest apples/pears 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 and removing it from the tree in a motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches.
The Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into wooden bins, 4x4x3, which hold
approximately 25 bushels of fruit.
Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. The Worker may
be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. The
Worker must possess the ability to pick up and handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds.

Special Requirements

B.2) Worker must possess 3 months of driving and 3 months of tree fruit experience.
4b) Worker must have clean driving abstract
4c) Worker must pass criminal background check
4d) Worker may be drug screened (random and post-employment)
4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60 lbs.
4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.