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Consultant, please conduct a seated interview. Period of Intendant Employment 2/1/2024

11/18/2024 . Place of employment: Yakima, Washington. Worker must possess 3 months

orchard/tree fruit work including working with an orchard ladder, training, pruning, thinning

apples and harvesting fruit.

Job Description

Worker must possess 3 months orchard/tree fruit work including working with an orchard ladder,

training, pruning, thinning apples and harvesting fruit. Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs.

Must be able to work on a motorized platform and ladder. 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. PRUNING: Pruning numerous varieties of apple trees

according to established 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 hand shears, hand loppers, hand saws, and 12-foot ladders.

Pruning and thinning may be done from the ground or a ladder up to 12 feet in height or from a

motorized platform. Workers may be required to selectively prune only trees of a certain size

and color as instructed by the crew boss. THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to

control the size and quality of grown fruit. Must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10 to 12-foot

orchard ladder weighing up to 60 pounds. This process requires the employee to remove, in

some cases not limited to the smallest fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within a

cluster of other fruits. Workers 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. 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, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard ladder weighing up to 60

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 limbs to

wires. Tying up or down apple limbs. Training and limb positioning of apple trees. Shoot

thinning, sucker removal, cluster thinning, shoot positioning, hedging, or leaf removal. Propping

and supporting apple trees. APPLES Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest apples. This can be

performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. The Worker will attach

harness, bucket or bag and picks 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 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 60 pounds. CHERRY Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest,

cherries, this can be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder.

The Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing or 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 harness, bucket or bag of up to 20 lbs. and will place fruit into plastic lugs

which hold approximately 30 pounds of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent

bruising of fruit or br