What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Workers: Cherries, Kiwis, Plums, Plum Cherries Harvest position at Fresh Harvest, Inc.?
H-2A and corresponding domestic workers must be available to perform each of the following job activities in connection with the harvesting and farming operations:
Field workers to perform the following duties:
Cherries, Kiwis, Plums, Plum Cherries Harvesters & Pickers: harvesting, picking, lifting, dumping fruit, thinning, cleaning, crawling in tight places. The harvest includes hand harvesting without pulling too hard so as not to damage the trees, climbing up and down a ladder, carrying the fruit to a central location, moving and setting the ladder. Other duties include Packing shed (preparing freshly harvested crops for shipment in their original, unmanufactured state - sorting, palletizing & grading), Pruning, Spur Pruning/Thinning, Kiwi-Pruning Prep, Suckering, Disease Removal Pruning, Construction- Vertical Shade, Trellising, Thinning, Prop Trees, Weed (long-handled hoe), mat installation, hanging pheromone disrupters, Marking Fields, Planting, Replanting, Tree Protection, Painting, Scoring/Griddling, Grafting, Collecting Graft Wood, Pollination Work, Dust Control, Irrigation, Spraying - Insect/ Disease, Leaf Fall Spray, Rodent Control, Overhead, Burning, Cleaning, Repair and Maintenance, Ladder Repairs, Pipeline Repair & Installation, Calibrating Equipment, Weeding/Shoveling (using a 4 ft long hoe with a 6 inch blade at the end, the employee sticks the blade into the soil and pulls it out to remove the weed and its roots around the trees), Shredding Brush, Raking Brush, Cutting Wood, Chipping Wood, Skirting (cutting the bottom limbs), Tying Tree Tops, Training Trees, Training Kiwi, Discing, Mowing Grass, Furrowing & Making Borders, Grading Avenues, Making Berms, Tally Packing, Harrowing, Ripping, Forklift Operator, Tractor driver, Hauling Fruit, Machine Operator, Moving Equipment, Planting Crop Cover, Spraying - Foliar and Soil Fertilizer Mix, Spreading Manure, Plant Growth Regulator, Removing Wires, Pulling Trees, Removing trees to transplant, Orchard Removal, working overhead, QC, Puncher, Flatbed Driver, Crew leader, General Farm Labor / General Ranch Maintenance.
Salary : $17