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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT FARM WORKERS/LABORERS, X180, Selah, Naches, Wapato, Grandview, Mattawa in Selah, Washington
[FARM WORKERS/LABORERS, X180, Selah, Naches, Wapato, Grandview, Mattawa]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}
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[This is a job order for general farm labor and labor for cherries, apples, pears, and grapes.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[This job opportunity is limited to qualified, available workers that are ]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}[currently]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold;="" text-decoration:="" underline"=""}[ eligible to work in the United States, per federal regulation.]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}
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[Cherries, apples, pears, and grapes.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[CHERRY HARVEST: The worker will hand harvest cherries. The worker will pick by grasping fruit with their hands and removing from the tree in a motion so as not to harm adjacent buds on the tree branches. Furthermore, fruit must be placed into buckets or totes with care as to not bruise or damage the fruit. Picking will be performed by color, or color and size as well as by defects which would render the fruit unmarketable. Such defects include but are not limited to bird pecks, limb rubs, splits, and sunburn. The harvest supervisor will show all workers the correct way to pick cherries to reach the quality objectives. The worker will attach harness, bucket or tote and pick low hanging fruit]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
[while standing on the ground and higher fruit while standing on a ladder. The worker will carry a harness, bucket, or tote of up to 30 lbs. Fruit then, depending on circumstance, may either be transferred to a larger tote or bin or left in the buckets or totes. Workers must possess ability to pick up, handle a 6 ft., 8ft., or 10 ft., orchard ladder weighing up to 40 pounds.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[APPLES/PEARS HARVEST: The worker will hand harvest apples and pears. The worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing on the ground and higher fruit while standing on a ladder. The worker will pick by grasping fruit with the hands and removing from the tree in a ]{times="" new="" roman""=""}