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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2184501

Dates of Need: 5/20/2024-11/17/2024. This application encompasses growing, care and harvest of apples, cherries, plums, prunes, pears, apricots, nectarines, peaches, tree fruit nursery, seed carrots, pepper plants, row crop vegetables and other orchard and farm labor. The worker will perform duties on a motorized. platform,\ from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker must possess the ability to pick-up and handle an 8-10 ft. orchard ladder.\ This job requires a minimum of three (3) months of tree fruit farm/ranch experience.\ The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.\ 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.\ A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on the worker\'s Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required.\ Worker\'s job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00pm to 8:00pm). Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year.\ Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. Workers must be able to work varying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers are notified of any change in the start times. Work\ may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions.\ Workers must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvest process throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other\ working conditions.\ Workers may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so.\ Workers with valid driver\'s licenses and that are insurable may transport workers, equipment, supplies or crop.\ All work-related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor.\ Employer-paid drug test may be required if a worker has an accident at work.\ If light duty work is assigned for a worker\'s compensation injury, the worker will be expected to return to work and perform the light duty work upon advice from a physician and the workers compensation insurance company.\ Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues such as particular grading and or sizing.

Fruit Harvest\ The worker will hand harvest fruit on a motorized platform, from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker will attach the harness, bucket or bag and\ pick low hanging fruit. The worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping fruit with their hands and removing it from the tree in a motion\ that will not harm buds on tree branches. The worker will carry the harness, bucket or bag of up to 20 lbs. and will place the fruit into lugs or bins. The\ workers may use scissor-like clippers to clip stems on varieties of fruit that has soft skin. The worker must exercise care at all times to prevent bruis ng of\ fruit or breaking of branches. Some workers may be tasked with examining harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and\ size specifications.\ Row Crop Vegetables\ Harvest row crop vegetables, such as cucumbers, melons, squash, pumpkins, sweet corn and beans by hand or using a knife, according to method\ appropriate for type of vegetable. Ascertains picking assignment from supervisor and places work aids, such as bucket, bins and tie wires, in assigned\ area. Picks vegetable from plant or soil or cuts vegetable from stem or root. Puts vegetable in container or lays bunches of vegetables along row for\ collection. Carries containers or armloads of bunched vegetables to collection point. Loads vegetables on to trucks.

Thinning Fruit\ The worker will hand thin on a motorized platform, from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker will use an accessory that thins blossoms by a rotating fish line material that shreds the blossoms from a cluster of\ other fruits. The workers must be able to identify and remove fruit that is misshapen, damaged and/ or contains other quality problem.\ Training Fruit\ The worker will hand train fruit trees and grape vines on a motorized platform, from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker will tie, tape or clip fruit tree limbs to wires; position limbs of fruit trees; shoot thin; remove\ suckers, thin cluster