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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2192349

Dates of Need: 6/5/2024-12/15/2024. This application encompasses general farm work and labor on a fruit ranch. This job requires a minimum of three months of general farm labor, irrigation and general harvest duties. 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 workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required. Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. There may be periods when little or no work will be available due to weather, time of year, and the requirements of the cropping or growing season. 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.

Duties to include: Pruning and/or thinning: Apples, pears, apricots, plums, prunes, peaches, nectarines, cherry and grapes- The worker will hand prune trees on a motorized platform, from the ground and/ or utilizing a ladder. The worker will utilize hand shears, hand loppers, hand saws and other equipment. The worker may be required to selectively prune trees of certain size and color as instructed by their supervisor. Workers are expected to possess or acquire pruning skills in order to identify and remove stubs, broken branches, downward growing branches, branches which rub against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood, shoots and suckers with various equipment. Worker must be able to pick up and handle a 10-12-foot orchard ladder weighing up to 60 pounds. Harvest: Apples, pears, apricots, nectarines, plums, prunes, peaches, cherries and grapes- 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 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, bag or boxes of up to 60 pounds. and will place the fruit into boxes or bins. The worker must always exercise care to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Some workers may be tasked with examining harvested fruit in bins and sorting out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. Workers must have the ability to set up and handle a 10-12-foot orchard ladder weighing up to 60 pounds. Orchard/Tree Removal: Workers will use machinery and hand tools to take fruit trees out of the ground and remove tree debris, wood, and irrigation parts from orchard blocks.

Onion Bagging: Workers will use buckets or bags to move previously lifted or dug onions from the ground and place onions into bags. Onions bags will be left in the field to dry and cure. When the onions have dried and cured, the worker will move the onions in the bags into bins. Workers will use care when handling and transferring onions to not bruise or damage onions and take direction from supervisors or crew bosses. Onion Weeding: Workers will use a hoe and hands to remove weeds from onion fields. Grape Training: Worker will walk through vineyards to train grapes to cordon wire, in addition to thinning, trimming, and watering grapes as needed. Grape Harvest: clipping and hand harvest of fruit. Plant, weed, maintain, and harvest row crop vegetables. Workers who have a valid drivers license and are insurable may also drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. These workers may be offered additional hours for driving responsibilities. 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. Irrigation Duties: Irrigation Hand lines: 1. Connect pipes 2. Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution 3. Attach lines to water supply 4. Turn on pump 5. Turn valves to start flow of water 6. Disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals, 7. Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times 8. Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a sustained basis.

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. Full Growing Season Commi