Farmworkers Laborers & Crops
Employer
17197 RIDGE ROAD
HOLLEY, NY 14470
United States
Job description
Apples – assist with planting, weeding, irrigation, pruning, tree training, trellis maintenance,
fruit thinning and picking. Picking is for fresh fruit and must be include meeting color
requirements and must mostly bruise free. Use of multiple types of ladders will be necessary.
Stone fruit, (including cherries, peaches and plums) – assist with planting, pruning, tree
training, weeding, irrigation, and picking. Will also include fruit thinning of peachs. All fruit is to
be picked tree ripe so care will need to be taking to avoid bruising and damaging fruit. Cherries
will be picked with their stems on. Use of multiple types of ladders will be necessary.
Pears – assist with weeding, irrigation, pruning, tree training, trellis and picking. Picking is for
fresh fruit and must be mostly bruise free. Use of multiple types of ladders will be necessary.
Blue berries – Assist with weeding, pruning, irrigation and picking. Picking is for fresh fruit and
must be include selecting the ripe berries and carefully picking them without damage.
Brambles (raspberries, both red and black, and black berries) - – Assist with trellis
maintenance. Weeding, pruning, irrigation and picking. These workers will pick processing
berries which will include selecting the ripe berries and carefully picking them without damage.
They will not be involved with the harvest of fresh fruit raspberries and blackberries.
These workers will not be involved in any fresh fruit packing for any market.
Strawberries – Assist with planting, weeding and irrigation.
Deer Fences – assist with the construction and maintenance of deer fences for various orchards
and plantings.
Irrigation – Assist in maintaining the various irrigations systems both trickle and movable pipe.
This will include moving and setting up aluminum pipe and risers used with and also the fire
hoses used in conjunction this the pipes. As well as laying and repairing trickle lines. It may also
include assisting with the installation of a new irrigation system.
These workers will not be involved in any fresh fruit packing for any market.
Must be physically able to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent
basis throughout the day. While working in the field, cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Due to
safety concerns on a farm, workers must understand basic instructions in English. Workers referred as a result of
this order must have a minimum of three months verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this
order.
Special Requirements
The employer will not guarantee to pay the workers a bonus but reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to offer a bonus or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of the highest applicable rate stated above based on longevity of tenure or exceptional job performance.