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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

70

Job Duties:

Pick apples by hand on a piece rate basis for the fresh market at $1.10 per 1 1/8 bu. Pick apples by hand for skim or clean-up picking on a piece rate basis for the fresh market at $1.50 per 1 1/8 bu. Pick fresh market apples by hand and clip the stem of each apple at $2.00 per 1 1/8 bu. Pick apples by hand on an hourly basis for miscellaneous picking. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising not to exceed 3%. Use of tools such as stem clippers. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid puncture or other damage by stem clippers. Workers trained and instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color, and other USDA and market standards. Pick apples by hand for the process markets at $0.90 per 1 1/8 bu box. A minimum productivity standard applies of 113 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples per day or 83 1 1/8 bu boxes of skim or clean-up picking per day or 62 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples with stem clipping per day or 139 1 1/8 bu boxes of process apples per day. Workers must be able to pick tree fruit, much of which is done from ladders or a moving mechanical picking platform with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled buckets weighing up to 50 lbs are emptied into bulk bins with a capacity equal to 20 1 1/8 bushel boxes. Workers required to handle ladders up to 24 feet long and weighing about 2 lbs per foot. Must be able to consistently handle 75 lbs throughout the day. Other orchard work including pruning, grafting, wood removal, planting, transplanting, weeding, sickling, hand thinning, trellis construction, training of branches or trunk including tying, taping, bending and general maintenance of apple trees. Use hand tools such as pruners, chainsaws, pole saws, hydraulic or pneumatic pruners, pruning hooks, shears, sickles and shovels. Prepare field for planting including tilling soils, applying fertilizers, picking rocks and roots from tilled fields. Miscellaneous activities may include fence or bin or building or equipment repair. Many orchard jobs will also be performed from ladders or a moving mechanical platform in the upper half of the tree with lower parts of the tree tended from the ground. Workers may ride or drive platforms for harvest and/or orchard work. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, forklifts and self-propelled machinery to spray, chop, mow, plant or harvest. Drive pickup trucks or vans on the public roads and farm roads only with a valid United States drivers license and employer approval. This may include transportation of coworkers or tools and supplies. Driving and equipment operation are not a requirement of this job order. Workers must follow all food safety rules including but not limited to hygiene and clothing/jewelry requirements, awareness of external factors impacting the product such as but not limited to blood, broken glass, grease, animal excrement and many other items to be discussed at hire. Workers must also follow all government and employer rules related to COVID-19.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

The employer will provide 5 days of training to allow workers to pick a minimum of 113 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples per day or 83 1 1/8 bu boxes of skim or clean-up pick per day or 62 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples with stem clipping per day with no more than 3% bruising per day. Also 139 1 1/8 bu boxes of process apples per day. The employer will not guarantee to pay the workers a bonus but reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to offer a bonus or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of the highest applicable rate stated above based on longevity of tenure or exceptional job performance. The employer reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to temporarily raise the above listed piece rate due to crop conditions. In the tasks where there is no prevailing practice to pay a piece rate, the employer, at his sole discretion, may opt to pay per hour to ensure a good quality product.

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

CRIST BROS ORCHARDS INC

Location:

WALDEN, NY 12586

Telephone Number:

+18457787424

Worksite

Address:

65 CRIST LANE, WALDEN , NY 12586

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22147-219680

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

PER 1 1/8 BU EQUALS $16.00/HR BASED ON 14.5 1 1/8 BU. GUARANTEED $15.66/HR.

Date Posted:

6/8/2022

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