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Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended Employment: 3/1/2024-10/19/2024. Location: Quincy, Washington. Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of experience. Job Duties :This contract encompasses general farm labor and labor for apples (varieties: Gala and Honey Crisp) and cherries (varieties: Skeena). This job requires harvesting of cherries and apples; picking, thinning, training, pruning and weed control. All jobs may be performed from a motorized platform, the ground or from a ladder. The worker must possess the ability to pick up and handle a 10ft. or 12ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 40lbs. There are general conditions of employment, general job specifications and individual requirements that are specific to each job duty. APPLES HARVEST: The Worker will hand harvest apples. The Worker will attach a harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. The 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. The Worker will carry a harness, bucket, or bag of up to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into wooden bins, 4x4x3, which hold approximately 25 bushels of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. The Worker may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. The Worker must possess the ability to pick-up; handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds. CHERRY HARVEST: Worker will hand harvest cherries and nectarines. Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing on ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. Workers must possess the ability to pick up, and handle, a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Worker will pick according to grade, color, size, and degree of maturity 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. Workers will carry a harness, bucket, or bag of up to 30 lbs. and will place fruit into wooden or plastic bins which hold approximately 16-18 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. Harvest conditions vary based on weather patterns and market demands.\ - 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.THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. The worker will perform hand thinning of apple and cherry trees to ensure proper fruit load on tree. The Worker must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Furthermore, the Worker must be able to use scissor like clippers. This process requires the Worker to remove, in some cases not limited to, the smallest fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. The Worker will be expected to be able to identify and remove fruit that is misshapen, damaged and/or with other quality problems as directed by supervisors. Thinning may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. TRAINING: Training is a process in which the fruit tree is manipulated to increase yield and/or quality. The Worker must possess ability to pick up, ha dle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Training may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or ladder. Some example training tasks are but not limited to: -Tying, taping or clipping apple or cherry limbs to wires. -Tying up or down apple or cherry limbs. -Training and limb positioning of apple, and cherry trees. -Shoot thinning, sucker removal, cluster. - Training, limb positioning of apple and cherry trees to trellis, including clipping and tying limbs and shoots to wire. PRUNING: Pruning is done according to company procedures based on the difference in the treatment of different varieties. Work will be performed on trees for long periods of time using a variety of pruning equipment including but not limited to hand shears, hand loppers or hand saws. The worker may be required to selectively prune only trees of a certain size and color as instructed by the crew leader. The worker is expected to possess 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 or suckers using hand pruning saws and clippers or mechanized equipment. Other Job Specifications: 1. Worker will care for young, non-producing fruit trees including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and with clippers. 2. General labor to assist in clearing property, planting trees, building, repairing, and/or maintaining trellis or irrigation systems and spr