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Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended Employment: 2/26/2024-11/15/2024. Location: Yakima, WA. Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of Tree Fruit Experience Specific Job Requirements: APPLES Harvest: The Worker will hand harvest apples this can be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. The Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and picks low hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder. The Worker will pick according to grade, color and size by grasping fruit with the hands and removing from the tree in a motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. The Worker will carry harness, bucket or bag of up to 60 lbs. and will place fruit into wooden bins, 4x4x3 which hold approximately 25 bushels of fruit. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. The Worker may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and size specifications. The Worker must possess the ability to pick-up; handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard and vineyard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds. GRAPE Harvest: Workers will hand and/or machine harvest wine grapes. Worker will harvest numerous varieties of grapes according to established company procedures accounting for difference in the treatment of different varieties. When asked by the supervisor worker will operate the grape harvesting machine. The fruit will be placed on either a plastic tub or stainless-steel bin. Care must be exercised at all time to prevent breaking of vineyards and to maximize the quality of the fruit. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins, thinning and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color and size specifications. THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. The Worker must possess the ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard and vineyard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Furthermore, the Worker must be able to use scissor like clippers. This process requires the Worker to remove, in some cases not limited to the smallest fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. The Worker will be expected to be able to identify and remove fruit that is misshapen, damaged and/or with other quality problems as directed by supervisors. Thinning may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or a ladder. TRAINING: Training is a process in which the fruit tree is manipulated to increase yield and/or quality. The Worker must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard and vineyard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Training may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground or ladder. Tying up or down apple limbs. Training and limb positioning of apple trees. Shoot thinning, sucker removal, cluster thinning, shoot positioning, hedging, or leaf removal. Propping and supporting apple trees. PRUNING: Pruning numerous varieties of crops according to established company procedures based on the difference in the Treatment of different varieties. Work will be performed on trees for long periods of time using a variety of pruning equipment including but not limited to hand shears, hand loppers, hand saws. Furthermore, the worker must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10 ft. or 12 ft. orchard and vineyard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Pruning may be done from the ground or a ladder up to 12 feet in height or from a motorized platform. The Worker may be required to selectively prune only trees of a certain size and color as instructed by the crew supervisor. The Worker is expected to possess or acquire pruning skills in order to identify and remove stubs or broken b anches, Downward-growing branches, branches which rub against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood and shoots/suckers with hand pruning saws and clippers, mechanized equipment in pruning activities. THIS IS A DESCRIPTION FOR Apples, Grapes, Alfalfa, Timothy Hay, Beans, Peas, Corn, and wheat. 1.The Worker will care for young non-producing fruit trees including but not limited to weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping. 2.Hand thinning of apple trees to ensure proper fruit load on the tree. 3.Pruning of apple trees. 4.Training of apple trees to a trellis, including clipping and tying limbs and shoots to the wire. 5.Training and limb positioning of all crops if apply. 6.Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of the new orchard and vineyard properties by clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, repair and spreading of composted material and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of new orchard and vineyard properties. 7.Care for trees during the growing process- recognize tree disease such as of blighted branches in all crops if apply. 8.Harvest preparation including spreading liners in bins, rolling bins into blocks by hand. 9.Propping and tying of all crops if apply and limbs. 10.Pruning and thinning may be done from the ground or ladder up to 12 feet in height, or from a motorized platform14.Handle fruit carefully and not bruise or damage fruit when it is placed in the bin. 1