Agriculture, Farm Worker Tree Crops

Job description

All aspect of growing, caring and harvesting tree fruits; Cherries, and Apples.
Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new orchard properties by clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, repair and spreading of composted material and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of new orchard properties.

Cares for trees during growing process- recognize tree disease such as blighted branches in apples & pears and gummosis in cherries.

Harvest preparation including spreading liners in bins, rolling bins into blocks by hand.

Propping and tying of apple and cherry trees and limbs.

Repair sprinklers on overhead cooling system.

Load and unload empty bins by hand and place in orchard.

Conduct mechanical work at the worksite as required or need it.

Observation of bruised, damaged or cull fruit by the supervisor will result in a bad bin mark and after three bad bin marks, the employees will receive disciplinary action up to and including termination. A bad bin mark occurs when a bin is inspected and a significant number of culls, bruised or damaged are found by the supervisors.

Farm clean up tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks.

Work in nursery environment performing various job duties such as hoeing, weeding, planting and irrigating.

Special Requirements

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper methods and crop specific issues. Workers are required to continuously work on their feet, during harvest to constantly carry and or lift up to 60 lbs. To use a 12 foot aluminum ladder and, or a platform when work being performed is not at ground level.
Workers must wear all required and assigned personal protective equipment at all times, when the task requires worker to do so.
Worker must wear proper clothing and footwear depending on the season. All footwear must be closed-toed and durable due to safety precautions. All work sites for this employer are drug free. Workers must not report for work, enter property, or perform service while under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, illegal or controlled substances.