Farmworkers/laborers

Job description

This job requires Pruning, Thinning, Training, Harvesting apples and cherry tree by the worker.

Crops: cherries and apples. These crops listed may or may not be planted and employer is not limited to only these crops listed

Specific Job Requirements:

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 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 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 20 lbs. and will place fruit into plastic lugs which hold approximately 30 pounds of fruit. Cherries are picked with stems. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit, punctures, cutting or any fruit damage of any kind or breaking of branches. Buckets of fruit must be completely full of fruit and free of stems and leaves 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. The worker must possess the ability to pick-up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds.

Please see Addendum C: Additional Job Duties

Special Requirements

Please see Addendum C