Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

This application encompasses growing, care and harvest of apples, cherries, plums, prunes, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, tree fruit nursery, seed carrots, pepper plants, row crop vegetables and other orchard and farm labor. The worker will perform duties on a motorized. platform, from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker must possess the ability to pick-up and handle an 8-10 ft. orchard ladder.

This is a Skill Level II position and requires a minimum of three (3) months of tree fruit farm/ranch experience.

The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.

The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed.
A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work, maybe offered work on federal holidays or the worker’s Sabbath as nursery/farm labor may need to take place seven days a week; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on the worker’s Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work will be required.

Workers’ job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00pm to 8:00pm). Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year.

Special Requirements

The offered wage rate is the highest of the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), the prevailing hourly wage rate, the prevailing piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining rate, or the Federal or State minimum wage rate, in effect at the time work is performed, whichever is highest.