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Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended Employment: 2/55/2024-11/10/2024. Location: QUINCY , Washington. Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of 3 months of Tree Fruit Experience. Job Requirement: 4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs. 4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheel barrows, fruit containers, etc. 4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. 4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. 4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc Job Duties: The worker must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. The worker is expected to posses or acquire pruning skills to identify and remove stubs or broken branches, downward growing branches, branches which rub against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood and shoots/ suckers with hand pruning saws and clippers, mechanized equipment in pruning activities. Other Job Specifications Include: -The Worker will care for young non-producing fruit trees including but not limited to weeding, hoeing, truck painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping. - Training of apple and cherry trees to trellis, including clipping and tying limbs and shoots to wire. - Training and limb positioning of apple and cherry trees. - Care for trees during growing-recognize tree disease such as of blighted branches in apples. - Support duties for harvest to include bin checking, defect fruit sorting - Harvest preparation including spreading liners in bins, rolling bins into blocks by hand. - Load and upload empty bins by hand and place in orchard. - Observation of bruised, damaged or cull fruit by the supervisor will result in a bad bin mark and after three bad bin marks, the workers will receive disciplinary action up to and including termination. A bad bin mark occurs when a bin is inspected and a significant number of culls, bruised or damaged ar found by the supervisor. - Picking numerous varieties of apples, and cherries according to established company procedures accounting for difference in the treatment of different varieties. - Selectively pick only fruit of a certain color and/or size as instructed by the supervisor. - Handle fruit carefully and not bruise or damage fruit when it is placed in the bin. - Provide general labor to assist in clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, repair and spreading of composted material and any tother labor considered necessary. - Repair sprinklers - Farm clean up tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks. - Hand tools, such as pruning hooks, shears, and/or picking bags will be utilized. - The worker must be adept at safely placing and using ladders. Much of the work will be done from an aluminum ladder up to 12 feet in height and weighing up to 40 pounds. Driving a tractor equipped with an air blast or ground sprayer to apply nutrients pesticides plant growth regulators or herbicides to fruit and fruit trees, including the accurate mixing of chemicals and fertilizers according to specific instructions provided by the supervisor. Workers can also : - Install deer fence and repair to include post hole digging, wire, hanging and gate install. - Irrigation and colling system installation and repair, - Operate trucks to carry farm equipment, crops and farmworke s - Perform general repair of agricultural equipment The Employer attests that these workers will be properly trained by their supervisor who has a valid Private Applicators license which is the standard pursuant to Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA). Furthermore, their supervisor will be available to ensure that workers understand all chemical label, safety instructions, and application instructions pursuant to WSD.APPLE Harvest: Worker will hand harvest apples. Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and picks low hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. 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. Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into bins, which hold approximately 22 bushels of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and size specifications. Workers must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. CHERRY Harvest: Worker will hand harvest cherries. Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing or on a ladder. Worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping stem with the hands and removing from the tree in a motion