General Farmlabor

Job description

Under the direction of supervisor, workers duties include: hand harvesting apples for fresh fruit market, drop and/or processing apples. Fresh market apples bruising shall not exceed 4 porcent defined in the US standard grades. Manually cultivating, picking, weeding, raking, hoeing, hand thinning apples from trees, pruning apple trees, and spreadingbins in orchard prior to harvest. Workers must be pysically able to safety handle ladders up to 60 lbs. Field temperatures may range from 0-95 degrees F with possible wet conditions from either rain or snow. workers are required to have suitable clothing and footwear for all weather conditions. workers will use hand tools; shovels, hoes, rakes, saws, pruning shears, hooks and knives. All tools and equipment required to perform duties assigned will be furnished by the employer at no cost to the worker.