farmworker/laborer

PLANTIO DE árvores: O trabalhador separará as árvores e sempre será manuseado com cuidado para não quebrar e danificar árvores jovens. O trabalhador plantará árvores mecanicamente com uma plantadeira e à mão. O trabalhador montará a máquina mecânica de plantio e colocará as plantas em furos à medida que a máquina se move ao longo da fileira. O trabalhador ajustará a altura da união do enxerto da árvore puxando a árvore até que esteja na altura especificada determinada por uma vara de medição especialmente marcada. O trabalhador endireitará a árvore e compactará o solo ao redor da árvore. O pagamento será por hora.

CONSTRUÇÃO/INSTALAÇÃO DO SISTEMA DE TRELIÇA: O trabalhador construirá e instalará o sistema de treliça. O trabalhador colocará o poste de ancoragem, o poste de ângulo final e o poste em linha usando equipamentos, incluindo escavadeira, carregadeira com trado e carregadeira com fixação de ancoragem. O trabalhador usará ferramentas manuais, como escavadeira ou escavadeira. Os postes devem ser realinhados após a colocação com pá, escavadeira e nível. O trabalhador irá perfurar o poste para instalar o fio e, em seguida, instalar o suporte da árvore, que pode ser realizado por plataforma motorizada ou até uma escada de 8’. O trabalhador será obrigado a levantar até 60 libras. O pagamento será por hora. ATTACHING, TYING & SPREADING TREES: Worker will attach, train and position trees to the trellis system by clipping, tying or spreading limbs and shoots to wire from ground or up to 8’ ladder or from motorized platform. Pay will be hourly.

IRRIGATION INSTALLATION & MAINTENANCE: Worker will install and maintain irrigation lines, headers, mainline, valves, micro sprinklers, and any other irrigation equipment. Workers will be required to fix leaks as directed by supervisor. Pay will be hourly.

ORCHARD MAINTENANCE: Worker will care for young non-producing fruit trees by weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing, and growth selection by hand and clipping. Worker may remove brush by hand. Worker will maintain pre-set grafting throughout season. Worker will use ladder or mechanical platform up to [x] feet to hand apply pheromone lures in orchard. .Worker will complete farm clean up tasks that include picking up rocks, roots, brush, old string, wire from trellis orchard blocks and any other garbage as instructed by supervisor. Pay will be hourly.

LAWN MAINTENANCE: Worker will assist in raking leaves, picking up debris and pulling weeds in farmstead and storage areas. Pay will be hourly.

GENERAL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE: Worker will perform as needed general repairs and maintenance of equipment used for the orchard or facility. Pay will be hourly.

HAND THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. Worker must possess ability to pick up and handle up to 18 foot orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Worker will remove smallest fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within fruit cluster. Worker will identify and remove misshapen, damaged and/or other not quality fruit as directed by Employer. Thinning will be done from the ground or safely using ladder up to 18 feet. Pay will be hourly.

PRUNING: Worker will be assigned rows of trees and will prune each tree according to the predetermined standard set by supervisor. The supervisor will set, demonstrate, and communicate to workers a standard or pattern for each orchard. Worker will utilize tools such as saw, pruners and hand snips. Worker must return tools to Employer at the end of pruning task. Pruning may be done from ground or ladder up to 18 feet. Worker will remove materials from trees that resulted from pruning. When pruning is complete on each tree, worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment middles. Pay will be hourly.