Farmworker/laborer

Job description

APPLE Harvest:
Worker will hand harvest 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 a ladder or platform. The worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping fruit with the hands and removing from the tree in motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into wooden bins,47-inch X 47-inch X 24.5 inch or plastic bins, 47-inch X 47-inch X 24.5 inch which hold
approximately 25 bushels of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking off branches. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in plastic/wooden bins and sort out any fruit
not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. Workers must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds.

See Addendum C

Special Requirements

B.2) Worker must possess 2 months of tree fruit agricultural experience.
B.4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.
B.4f) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. B.4g) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
B.4h) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting,pruning, etc.
B.4i) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over for example picking, sorting, pruning, B.4j) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties