Farmworkers/ Laborers
Employer
CE Farm Management / 1716 E. 12th St
The Dalles, OR 97058
United States
Job description
This job requires tree fruit agricultural experience by the worker.
Crops: Cherries and Pears. These crops listed may or may not be planted and employer is not limited to only these crops listed
Pruning- Responsible for cutting down, pruning, or trimming branches, leaves, and roots from trees to prevent damage and destruction or for aesthetic purposes.
Cut away dead, obstructive, or excess branches from trees Climb ladders to properly access trees and cut down limbs
Prune or treat trees using handsaws, pruning hooks, sheers, and clippers Use power tools to gain access to high areas
Remove debris and cart away large limbs for disposal Cut branches away from power lines
Clear sites, streets, and grounds for woody and herbaceous materials. Such as tree stumps and fallen trees and limbs
Strip bark from trees
Tree Training- The worker will train the tree to form the structure of the tree. This can be done either from the ground or ladder. Tree training could be hoeing, tree painting, tying, and positioning tree limbs together and to trellis, cutting, fixing, or installing wire on trellis.
The Employer attests that all workers will be properly trained in the Worker Protections Standard (WPS) by qualified WPS trainers who have completed an EPA-approved Train-the-Trainer course pursuant to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Special Requirements
SEE ADDENDUM C
2) Worker must possess 3 months of tree fruit agricultural experience. 4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.
4f) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
4g) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4h) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4i) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4j) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.