Farmworkers and Laborers X17 Soap Lake

State Employment Security Dept; Soap Lake (WA); On-site; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Full time

Job summary

State Employment Security Dept is hiring in Soap Lake, WA for a role focusing on berry harvesting and general orchard labor. Responsibilities include installing infrastructure, planting, weeding, and using mechanical equipment as needed. Candidates must have at least 3 months of experience in berry picking or nursery work. This opportunity is limited to qualified workers eligible to work in the U.S. and offers a hands-on work environment.

Qualifications

• 3 months of verifiable work experience picking raspberries, blackberries, and berry plant nursery work.

Responsibilities

• Harvesting of blackberries and raspberries.
• Installing infrastructure (trellis, irrigation, and shade/bird net).
• Setting out pots, filling pots with coconut coir.
• Planting, training, pinching, and harvesting of berry plants.
• Weeding pots, planting rows, and destroying plants.
• Provide general labor in the orchard properties.
• Occasional operation of mechanical equipment.
• Spray and mix chemicals and fertilizers.

Job description

This job opportunity is limited to qualified, available workers that are currently eligible to work in the United States, per federal regulation.

Esta oportunidad de trabajo está limitada a trabajadores calificados y disponibles que actualmente son elegibles para trabajar en los Estados Unidos, según la regulación federal.

Work Tasks to be performed

• Harvesting of blackberries and raspberries.
• Installing infrastructure (trellis, irrigation, and shade/bird net).
• Setting out pots, filling pots with coconut coir.
• Planting, training, pinching, and harvesting of berry plants.
• Weeding pots, planting rows, and destroying plants.
• Provide general labor in the orchard properties.
• Occasional operation of mechanical equipment.
• Spray and mix chemicals and fertilizers.

Tareas Específicas en el Trabajo

• Cosecha de moras y frambuesas.
• Instalar infraestructuras (enrejado, riego y sombra/red para aves).
• Colocar las macetas, llenar las ollas con fibra de coco.
• Plantación, entrenamiento, pellizco y cosecha de plantas de bayas.
• Desherbar macetas, plantar hileras y destruir plantas.
• Proporciona mano de obra general en las propiedades del huerto.
• Operación ocasional de equipos mecánicos.
• Rocía y mezcla productos químicos y fertilizantes.

Job Requirements

• 3 months of verifiable work experience picking raspberries, blackberries, and berry plant nursery work.