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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

FARM LABORER: Worker will be required to complete the following activities: general orchard maintenance; weeding; shoveling; hoeing; trunk painting; mowing; hand fertilizing; thinning; pruning; grafting; tying limbs; planting fruit trees; install tree screens/grow tubes; unload and stack hay bales weighing up to 60lbs; drive and operate vehicles, tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts; spray crops with tractor and spray attachment; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; conduct farm building repairs; wash and sanitize harvesting bins or repair harvesting bins; hand harvest to quality standards of apples, nectarines, peaches, plums; laying mylar; building and fixing trellis; install and maintain irrigation systems; complete general hand tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, picking up sticks and rocks throughout the orchard; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks at end of season.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

Experience Requirement: 2 verifiable months commercial tree fruit hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers within the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience. Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard care and hand harvest of nectarines, peaches, plums and apples. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties. Drug testing not utilized as pre-employment tool. Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period. Worker must be able to perform job description duties in safe manner consistent with established safety procedures.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Windy Ridge Orchards LLC

Location:

Conklin, MI 49403

Worksite

Address:

6440 Fruit Ridge Ave, Grand Rapids, MI 49544

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24012-636451

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

per 20-bushel bin harvested fresh apple (all varieties except Honeycrisp). Estimated hourly rate: $18.50. Piece rates are minimum and may change during season or hourly rates may be offered.

Date Posted:

1/23/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$19.00

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