Orchard Farmworker

We operate a 5-acre peach orchard with plans for continued growth and expansion to follow in the coming years. We also plan on expanding the orchard to include apple trees in the future. We need seasonal help with planting trees during the dormant season. Employees will be assisting in setting trees, prune trees before they bud in the spring, train trees to allow for maximum fruit yield, fertilize trees in the spring.

Employees will also construct trellises to assist with support trees, perform weed control and protect trees from inclement winter weather conditions. Employees will need to assist with equipment maintenance on orchard equipment. Will also need to construct, install, and maintain irrigation systems. Employees will assist with varmint control to protect trees as well. During the summer months when fruit are growing on trees not much work is needed since we do not want to disturb the growth.

Employer will provide incentive-based performance bonuses at the end of the contract at employer's discretion.

Housing:
Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals:
The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.

Transport:
The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.

Experience wanted: 3 months

Job requires extensive walking, pushing, pulling, frequent stooping, repetitive movements, exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures and the ability to lift 50 lbs. Employer will conduct post-hire random drug tests to enforce a drug free workplace policy at no cost to the employee. Require a regular drivers license and 3 months experience.