FARM/ORCHARD WORKER
Employer: CHERRY HILLS FARMS INC
Location: CALDWELL, ID
Workers needed: 55
Pay: $12.92/hour
Season: Jan 20, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
This job requires a minimum 0 months of prior experience working in apple, peach or cherry orchards, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time, work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking, and temperatures can range from 10 degrees f to 100 degrees f.
Persons seeking employment as a experienced Orchard Worker must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Pruning of trees using hand pruners, Workers must be able to handle ladders which are 12 foot in length and weigh 40 lbs. Climbing up and down, pruning of trees using pneumatics consisting of an 8 foot pole while dragging an airline. Stacking tree limbs, planting trees, shoveling soil, applying fertilizer, picking up rocks, pulling weeds, irrigation, thinning fruit from a ladder, Harvesting Sweet and tart Cherries, Peaches, Apples , picking fruit per instructions of supervisor, carrying a picking bucket while full of fruit for up to a 8 hour day. Driving harvesting equipment, must be able to work in hot, dry, dusty, noisy, cold, wet, snowy conditions, must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs., be able to follow instructions of job requirements, have ability to problem solve. Workers will be required to keep all property and housing clean.
01/23/2026 thirty-five (35) workers pruning ,land prep, Irrigation Installation
04/01/2026 ten (10) workers planting thinning Irrigation
06/01/2026 ten (10) workers thinning cherry harvest, peach harvest, Apricot Harvest, Nectarine Harvest
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free cooking and kitchen facilities to those workers who are entitled to live in the employer's housing and once a week, the employer will offer free transportation to and from town to shop for groceries. The employer will furnish free cooking and kitchen facilities to those workers who are entitled to live in the employers housing so that the workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. The kitchen and other common areas will be shared. Housing includes water and electric and is furnished with beds, mattresses, lockers for storing personal items, cooking and eating utensils, stove and refrigerator, table and chairs, garbage can, cupboard or shelves for food storage, smoke and fire detectors. No charge will be made for beds and similar items furnished to table and chairs, garbage can, cupboard or shelves for food storage, smoke and fire detectors.
Transport: SEE ADDENDUM C
Experience wanted: 0 months
The employer will provide to the worker at no charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, equipment required to perform the duties assigned.
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