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Must possess ability to pick up, handle a 10-foot orchard ladder weighing 40 pounds. Farm clean up tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard or field, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasksTHINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. Once the trays are full, they will grab them and stack them up on pallets.Other Tasks and Job Specifications Include:Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new orchard or field properties by clearing property, planting trees, building trellis, repair and any other labor considered necessary to construct an efficient infrastructure for orchard properties.Irrigation System Installation – distribute materials in the field, assemble pipe, fittings, valves and other parts per supervisor’s directives, attach poly tubing to trellis wire likely to include variable amounts of shovel work to dig, enlarge or deepen pipe ditches.3.Trellis System Construction –distribute wood trellis posts in the field, shovel work to enlarge or deepen post holes, position posts in holes, fill and tamp soil around posts, unroll wire into the field and nail to posts, install anchors and build anchor assemblies to connect end posts to anchors.Worker will care for young non-producing and producing fruit trees and plants including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, hand fertilizing or compost applications, removal of unwanted shoots or limbs by hand and clipping, while adhering to all food safety regulations.Repair sprinklers on irrigation or overhead cooling system. They will ensure that the empty trays are being filled onto the blueberry harvester machine. The worker is also responsible for handling the fruit (blueberries) trays. Additionally, the workers will be responsible for washing the blueberry harvesting machine daily at the end of every shift using a power washer and chlorine to disinfect. Once the blueberry harvester machine is loaded with trays, the worker will run a frontend loader and will take the trays with blueberries off the blueberry harvester machine and will place them on to semi-trailers. The worker be driving and running the blueberry harvester machine through the blueberry furrows. THIS JOB DOES NOT INCLUDE HAND-HARVESTING BLUEBERRIES.The worker will perform routine maintenance checks of the blueberry harvester machine at the beginning of the shift and throughout the day to ensure they are functioning properly. Grade, sort, or classify berries by size, weight, color, or condition. Workers must handle and sort berries on the machine. Blueberry Harvest:The worker will perform manual labor on a mechanical blueberry harvester, packing blueberries, hoeing and pulling weeds.