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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

195

Job Duties:

Workers will provide general labor to assist in the establishment and or maintenance of new or existing orchard properties. Job duties may include clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of orchard properties. Maintenance may include repairing sprinklers on the overhead cooling system, repairing, and or spreading composted material. Farm property clean up may include tasks such as picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old strings and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks. Workers may need to clear rocks and debris from the planting area; assist with marking the field for placement of various infrastructure items including trellis, irrigation system, roads, and loading areas. Workers may care for young non-producing fruit trees including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping. Workers will provide tree care during the growing process by recognizing tree diseases such as blighted branches in apples and gummosis in cherries. All work sites covered by this clearance order and all facilities of the employer are drug free workplaces. Workers must not report to work, enter the employer's property, or perform services while under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, illegal substances, or any prescription drugs or medications that impair alertness, coordination, reaction time, or safety. Employer reserves the right to conduct employer-paid random, upon suspicion and/or post-accident drug testing in accordance with state law. Any employee who declines to take or fails a drug test will be immediately terminated. Workers may be asked to operate various types of general orchard equipment including ATVs, Forklifts, and tractor attachments during general orchard operations and maintenance. Workers may also be asked to use general orchard implements and tools including air compressors, water pumps, generators, chainsaws, weed eaters, machetes, etc. during general orchard operations and maintenance. Workers may function as orchard irrigators, following tree fruit watering schedules. Workers may assist in patrolling orchards for gopher mounds and runs; insert poison pill into runs. Workers may also drive tractors, spray, and mix chemicals and fertilizers, operate trucks to move farm equipment, crops, and farm workers, and perform general repairs of agricultural equipment. These jobs could be asked of certain workers based on work performance, experience, and or skills.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs. Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc. May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

AgriMACS, Inc.

Location:

Chelan, WA 98816

Worksite

Address:

415 Cochela Lane (Haspa Hill), Chelan, WA 98816

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24339-515704

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

See Addendum A

Date Posted:

12/19/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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