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EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPT AGRICULTURAL OPERATOR/WORKERS X9, MATTAWA, ZILLAH, BENTON CITY, SUNNYSIDE, WAPATO, in Zillah, Washington
[AGRICULTURAL OPERATOR/WORKERS X9, WAPATO, MATTAWA, ZILLAH, BENTON CITY, SUNNYSIDE, WAPATO, ]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}
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[This is a job order for cherry, apples, and pears. ]{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"=""}
[Workers will drive and operate various farm equipment to perform farm field preparation such as spraying, planting, mowing, fertilizing, farming and maintaining farms. Will attach and adjust farm implements and trailers to tractors such as discs, mowers, sprayers, tanks, fertilizer spreaders and planters and will ensure equipment is operating properly at optimum performances. Workers must conduct daily maintenance checks including lubricant]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
[fluid level checks prior to operating the tractor, monitor and drive tractors safely and efficiently over difficult terrain and must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be required to have knowledge of driving a tractor. ]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
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[This job requires the appropriate mixing of chemical materials and use of required personal protective clothing and equipment by the worker. The worker will operate a tractor with a mechanical sprayer attached or towed, containing chemicals or fertilizers used during the application process under the direction of the supervisor or crew boss. Spray applicators mix, load and apply Fertilizer and Chemicals using the provided equipment. They must be capable of loading and transporting Chemicals, Fertilizer and Water. Workers must mix and apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides through sprays, dusts, vapors, soil incorporation or chemical application on trees, or ground cover. Workers will maintain spray equipment including preventive maintenance and minor repair. Workers must follow the chemical or fertilizer label requirements, keep records, prepare and maintain reports regarding control and use of pesticides and is responsible for the safe storage and use of pesticides in conformance with all regulations.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}
[Workers will also engage in general farm labor and labor for the raising and harvest of apples, pears, and cherries as defined below.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}