Apple Picker

Job description

Apple Pickers will be picking fruit from our orchard at least 5.5 days a week. Pickers will be asked to display a high degree of physical fitness and health. Picking will require being able to lift at least 50 pounds, walk long distance and bend or squat often to pick or empty picking bags. Apples will be picked using a picking bag that will be emptied into wood and plastic bins. Workers will be asked to use and move ladders to reach the tops of trees while picking. Once the bins are full, a picking quality inspector will mark the bins with a tag denoting who picked, what was picked, when it was pick and where was it picked.

Peters Orchards, Inc. guarantees that all workers will make $17.54 an hour. Workers that do not meet the minimum wage with piece rate will be paid an extra amount to meet the minimum per hour wage.

Special Requirements

Ability to listen and follow directions clearly. 1 month of training includes the following details: Picking is supervised for 1 month by an individual with previous experience in our orchard. Training also includes Good Agriculture Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices, HACCP training, Employee Health Code, and Proper use of picking baskets, ladders and bins.