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All applicants must be able, willing, and qualified to perform the work described in this job description and must be available for the entire period of employment specified in box A.3 & A.4. This work order is for qualified people with 2 months prior experience performing agricultural work and working in a commercial scale maple sugaring operation and perform a variety of orchard work including harvesting and packing apples at an apple orchard. Workers must be willing to work in cold weather as low as 15 degrees and work on snow covered ground up to 1 foot. Workers will use precision tree-sap tapping equipment, operate agricultural equipment to include tractor with loader and rear mounted attachments, pick-up truck, and chainsaw. This position involves precision coring of \"tapholes\" in trees; precision insertion and setting of spouts; crimping, cutting, and connecting food-grade flexible pvc tubing; and installation and repairing of various diameter food-grade flexible pvc pipe/tubing (up to 2\'). Workers must be able to perform general orchard work and plant, prune, water and train trees. Workers must be able to handle and climb a 20-foot ladder repetitively while carrying a picking bucket which is harnessed over the workers shoulders. Packing line work includes, but is not limited to: sorting apples according to size, color and grade; lining boxes, cartons or crates with treated paper or cardboard, placing apples in containers for storage and/or shipment; weighing, branding, and stamping grade and date packed on container; packing apples according to quality standards and method of employer; and moving, lifting and carrying boxes up to 50 pounds. Workers will operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach farmer\'s fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as-needed basis. Those that are requested to drive will be required to possess a valid drivers license; no worker will be rejected for not having a driver\'s license. The employer will provide 1 days of training and allow 2 days of work for the worker to satisfactorily perform all duties in this job order. Employer will furnish to workers without cost all tools and equipment required to perform duties assigned. Work requires long periods of standing, bending and kneeling. Workers must be available to work 8-hour shifts between the hours of 7:00am - 7:00pm from Monday through Friday and must be available to work 5 hours shifts between the hours of 7:00am - 7:00pm on Saturday. Workers get a 30-minute Lunch break which is staggered between 11am - 1pm as decided by the workers. The workers will return to work after their 30-minutes are up. Beginning and ending times will vary depending on the conditions in the orchard. Workers must be able to take direction in simple English.