Farm Worker/laborer
Employer
3676 Rd 13 SE
Othello, WA 99344
United States
Job description
THIS IS A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR APPLES, ONIONS, POTATOES, AND VARIOUS ROW CROPS.
APPLES HARVEST: The worker will hand harvest the apples, 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 the ladder. The
worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping fruit with the hands and removing 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, 4’x4’x3’, 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 speciation's. The worker must possess the ability to
pick-up; handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft orchard ladder weighing up to 40 lbs.
Job Duties 1.1-
Crops: Apples, Onions, Potatoes, and various row crops.
ONION JOB DESCRIPTION: Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying out the
following responsibilities related to the hand harvesting of onions; clip ends off onions and toss the
tops back into the eld; hand harvest onions; place in bags and lay in eld to mature; gather bags of
onions off the elds and dump them into bins; sorting sacks after harvest; removing clods from
harvester. Planting and Weeding Onions. Topping and tailing onions. Field Packing into bags, buckets,
or bins. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production and eld preparation such as
tractors, irrigation equipment and other commonly used equipment in agriculture. Drive farm vehicles
to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. The
Worker must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds.
Furthermore, the Worker must be able to use scissor like clippers. This process requires the Worker to
remove, in some cases not limited to the smallest fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from
within a cluster of other fruits. The Worker will be expected to be able to identify and remove fruit that
is misshapen, damaged and/or with other quality problems as directed by supervisors. Thinning may be
performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder.
Special Requirements
2. Worker must posses 3 months of tree fruit and row crop experience.
4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.
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