farmworker and laborer crop

Pruning and training of young and mature apple trees. Free climbing and climbing using ladders to prune, power saws and hand saws. May perform a combination of tasks related to the planting and cultivating of fruit including, but not limited to, operating tractor, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and mechanical equipment, weeding, thinning, spraying general use pesticides, mowing and irrigating. pick apples for fresh and or processing. Productivity must be at least 5 bins per day for fresh market apples and 6 bins per day for process apples. workers must be physically able to pick fruit, most of which is doe from ladders with lower branches being picked from ground. picked fruit is placed in a plastic framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that goes over head and rests on shoulders. when filled bucket weights up to 40 lbs and is emptied into bulk bins with a capacity equal to 20 1 and 1/8 bushels. workers are required to handle ladders up to 24 feet long weighting about 2 pounds per foot. workers may be instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color and other usda grade standards. trim fruit trees and or fix boxes. 1 month experience required in work listed. staggered entry 6 workers around 7/1/26, 18 workers around 8/17/26