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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT FARM WORKERS/LABORERS, X28, Moxee, Wapato, Zillah in Moxee, Washington
[FARM WORKERS/LABORERS, X28, Moxee, Wapato, Zillah]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}
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[This contract encompasses general farm labor and labor for the raising and harvest of hops, cherries, apples, pears and field crops.]{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"=""}
[Crops/Commodities:]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
[Hops, cherries, apples, and pears.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
[JOB DUTIES:]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}
[HOP BINE HANGER/ BOTTOM FEEDER: Unloading hop trailers at a stationary picking machine. Hanging hop bines is physically demanding and requires the employee to grab, lift and place the ends of the hop bines on hooks that transfer the bines from the truck beds to the picking apparatus. Hop bines can scratch and irritate the skin. Workers will need to dress in long sleeved shirts and wear gloves and eye protection, all personal protective equipment (PPE).]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[HOP TRUCK DRIVER: Job consists of driving the hop trucks in the field. The truck loaded with hop bines and then returns to the harvest facility and carries out the duties of bine hanger/bottom feeder.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[TOP FEEDER: Job consists of the worker guiding hops into the machine ensuring that they don't get tangled, and the machine doesn't get jammed and is running at capacity at all times. Assist machine mechanics in general maintenance and upkeep is directed.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[BINE PICK-UP: Walk directly behind the top cutter picking up fallen hop bines and plac ]{times="" new="" roman""=""}