- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- This job requires a minimum working in apple, peach or cherry orchards, handling both
manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to
perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers should be able to work on their
feet in bent positions for long periods of time, work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking, and
temperatures can range from 10 degrees f to 100 degrees f.
Persons seeking employment as a Orchard Worker must be available for the entire period requested by
the employer.
Pruning of trees using hand pruners, Workers must be able to handle ladders which are 12 foot in length and weigh 40
lbs. Climbing up and down, pruning of trees using pneumatic s consisting of an 8 foot pole while dragging an airline.
Stacking tree limbs, planting trees, shoveling soil, applying fertilizer, picking up rocks, pulling weeds, irrigation, thinning
fruit from a ladder, Harvesting Sweet and tart Cherries, Peaches, Apples. Picking fruit per instructions of supervisor,
carrying a picking bucket while full of fruit for up to a 8 hour day. Driving harvesting equipment, must be able to work in
hot, dry, dusty, noisy, cold, wet, snowy conditions, must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs., be able to follow
instructions of job requirements, have ability to problem solve. Workers will be required to keep all property and housing clean
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse