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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2139664 Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended Employment: 1/16/2024-11/15/2024.

Location: Toppenish, Washington. Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of experience.

Job Duties

This application encompasses raising, growing and harvest of apples, grapes and hops as well as pruning, training and other orchard and and hop farm labor. This job requires a minimum of three (3) months of general farm labor. The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.

All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Farm Worker and Laborer Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse and Agricultural Equipment Operator, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2092 and 45-2091. The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed. When the number of hours for a week exceeds the number listed, the worker may be offered, but not required, to work more hours. Saturday work may be required. Employer-paid drug test is required if a worker has an accident at work. Additional Duties- Orchards: 1.Weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping. 2.General labor to assist in establishment of new orchard properties by clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, repair and spreading of composted material. 3.Caring for trees during growing process. 4.Monitoring tree disease such as blighted branches in apples. 5.Harvest preparation including spreading liners in bins and rolling bins into blocks by hand. 6.Repairing sprinklers on overhead cooling system. 7.Loading and unloading empty bins by hand. 8.Sorting fruit during harvest and verifying quality of fruit 9.Farm clean up tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string/ wire from trellis/ orchard blocks and other tasks. 10.Operating farm machinery and/ or motorized vehicles to assist in orchard work and transporting fruit, materials, supplies and workers. 11.Maintenance tasks for farm machinery. 12.Spraying fruit trees. 13.Assisting ranch Manager and/or Foreman in daily duties 14.Install/uninstall reflective mulch, material and shade cloth 15.Bin repair 16.Verify bin count and numbers and ensuring bins are adequately full 17.Communicate with crew boss to ensure bins are full and fruit is handled appropriately 18.Ranking and removal of orchard/vineyard brush and waste. Hop Job Requirements: Hop harvest is a 24/7 operation for approximately 40 days and nights. Night and day shifts will be offered. Work schedules may differ during this time and employees may be asked to work night shifts and may be offered, but not required to work on Sundays and federal holidays. Hop Vine Unloader/Hanger: Job consists of unloading hop trucks at a stationary picking machine. Hanging hop vines is physically demanding and requires the employee to grab, lift and place the ends of hop vines on hooks that transfer the vines from the truck beds to the picking apparatus. Hop Vine Truck Driver/Unloader: Job consists of driving the hop vine truck while loading and transport the harvesting machine. Once there, the driver will assist one of the Hop Vine Unloader/Hangers in unloading the truck by hand. All of the job requirements specific to the Hop Vine Unloader/Hangers job apply to the driver while performing this part of the job. Hop Vine Unloader/Hangers: 1.Hop vines will irritate/scratch exposed skin. Employee must bring and wear long sleeve shirts and gloves. 2.Employee must wear provided eye protection. 3.Employee may use a compressed air gun to quickly remove loose hop material from the truck beds after all vines have been unloaded so that the next full truck can enter the unloading stall. Hop Truck Drivers/Unloaders: 1.Job specifications for Hop Vine Unloader/Hangers apply to this job as well since the driver is also responsible for unloading. 2.Must have valid driver\'s license. 3.Must have the ability to safely drive a standard transmission, in a vine hauling truck; to the field, in the field during loading, and transport those vines from the field to the harvesting facility, as well as assist in unloading. 4.Must check, maintain, and add, if necessary, engine oil and coolant every day. 5.Must check fuel level and when necessary, notify person in charge of re-fueling trucks. Baling of Hops: 1.No loose clothing may be worn when working in the baling room. 2.All machinery must be locked out, as described in the lockout - tag out procedure manual, before any repair, cleaning, or maintenance is performed. 3.Must always know where co-workers are before starting any machinery. 4.Must keep an orderly work place. Clean and return all tools and equipment to their proper place when finished with them. 5.Must keep all guards and barriers in place at all times. 6.If there is a problem with any of the equipment, must tell the supervisor. 7.No food is allowed in the baling area. 8.Must keep the sewing machines clean, maintained, and lubricated. Additional Duties - Hops 1.Planting hop roots in new hop yards. 2.Training hops - as the hops grow, wrap any vine that has not grabbed on to the twine. 3.Weed baby hops. 4.H