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Consultant, please conduct a seated interview. Applicant must have 3 months of experience. Farmworker/Laborer, Location: Bellingham , Washington, Period of Employment: 05/15/2025-9/15/2025. Job Duties: This job requires Hand Picking, Stacking Flats/Lugs/Bins, Thinning, Training, and Pruning Blueberries by the worker. There are general conditions of employment, general job specifications and individual requirements that are specific to each job duty: GENERAL CONDITIONS: Field work begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during light rain and in high humidity and in freezing or high heat temperatures. The worker may be required to work in the orchard when trees are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Worker may be required to lift or load objects continually up to the weight limit identified in section B.4.. The Worker may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so.\ All work-related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor. Workers compensation claims may be presented to any medical provider, through your employer or state agency if applicable. Full Growing Season Commitment: The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer through the full period of employment in accordance with sections A.3 and A.4 of the ETA 790. Light Duty: Workers restricted to light duty work by their physician may be offered light duty jobs in accordance with State Law and/or agency guidance. Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specifications and to demonstrate proper methods and other crop-specific issues.2) This job opportunity requires 3 months of agricultural experience 4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 60lbs. 4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc. 4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. 4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. 4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc. BLUEBERRY HARVEST: Worker will spend time bending and crouching while hand harvesting blueberries at locations indicated by supervisor. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Workers will pick blueberries from bushes and place the blueberries in buckets attached to the body. Worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping the berries with fingers and removing the berries so as to not harm the adjacent berries and buds or bruise the picked berries. Worker will carry plastic buckets and will place berries into flats, trays, or pack directly into clamshells. Plastic picking buckets will hold 12 pounds of blueberries. Some workers may be required to examine harvested fruit in bins and sort out any fruit not meeting the grade, color, and size specifications. Packaging: Worker may work in a cold storage location to sort and clean debris from berries and place berries into clamshells. Workers may be responsible for placing clamshells into cardboard boxes and hand-stacking boxes onto pallets. BLUEBERRY HAND PICKING: Worker will spend time bending and crouching while handpicking blueberries at locations indicated by the supervisor. Care must be exercised at all times to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches. Workers will pick blueberries from bushes and place the blueberries in buckets attached to the body. Worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping the berries with fingers and removing the berries so as to not harm the adjacent berries and buds or bruise the picked berries. Worker will carry plastic buckets and will place berries into flats, trays, or pack directly into clamshells. Plastic picking buckets will hold 12 pounds of blueberries. STACKING FLATS/LUGS/BINS: Workers may stack flats, lugs, and/or bins of fruit on blueberry picking machines. Workers may need to lift or load up to 60 lbs. consistently. THINNING: Thinning is a manual process used to control the size and quality of grown fruit. The Worker must be able to use scissors like clippers. This process requires the Worker to remove, in some cases not limited to the smallest fruit blossom, bud, and/or identifiable fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. The Worker will be expected to be able to identify and remove fruit that is misshapen, damaged, and/or with other quality problems as directed by supervisors. Thinning may be performed from a motorized platform and/or from the ground. PRUNING: Pruning numerous varieties of blueberry trees according to established company procedures based on the difference in the treatment of different varieties. Work will be performed on trees for long period