{"id":53410,"date":"2024-06-05T16:17:29","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=53410"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T23:17:29","slug":"job-fruit-tree-agricultural-aide-dept-of-agriculture-prosser-wa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-fruit-tree-agricultural-aide-dept-of-agriculture-prosser-wa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Fruit Tree Agricultural Aide, Dept. of Agriculture (Prosser, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Fruit Tree Agricultural Aide<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Salary: <\/strong>$2,874.48 – $3,537.42 Monthly<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Location:<\/strong> Benton County \u2013 Prosser, WA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Type: <\/strong>Full Time – Non-Permanent<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Job Number: <\/strong>2024-06135<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Department: <\/strong>Dept. of Agriculture<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Division:<\/strong> Plant Protection \u2013 Pest Program<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Opening Date: <\/strong>06\/05\/2024<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Closing Date:<\/strong> 07\/15\/2024 12:00 AM Pacific<\/span><\/div>\n
Category<\/strong>: Environmental Services \/ Agriculture \/ Green-Collar\/Environmental<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Position Description & Apply<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Washington State Department of Agriculture has been serving the state for more than 100 years. Through service, regulation, and advocacy, we keep agriculture viable and vital in Washington State, while protecting consumers, public health, and the environment. We work extensively with farmers and ranchers, but our responsibilities \u2013 from ensuring food safety to environmental protection \u2013 touch the lives of millions of people locally, nationally, and abroad.<\/p>\n


The agency includes 780 employees approximately and grows close to 1,000 employees at the peak of seasonal work. To learn more and view additional openings, please visit our\u00a0Employment Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n


For more information about the Washington State Department of Agriculture, visit us at<\/strong>www.agr.wa.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Plant Protection Division is a hiring non-permanent Fruit Tree Agricultural Aide in the Plant Services Program!<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Plant Services Program<\/strong>\u00a0ensures environmental, consumer, and stakeholder protection by independently conducting accurate and reliable inspections, testing, and certification of raw plant products and serves on the front line of defense against the introduction and spread of exotic plant pests and diseases. Through regulatory enforcement, export certification and planting stock certification programs, Plant Services ensures a consistent source of value added agricultural products are available to our trading partners in domestic and foreign markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Fruit Tree<\/strong>\u00a0Agricultural Aide<\/strong>\u00a0will conduct greenhouse and field virus index testing and maintaining equipment and facilities. The Agricultural Aid completes the peak season work for the Fruit Tree Certification Project by preparing material for laboratory testing and occasionally helping to run the actual tests and inoculate plants for biological indexing. This position also helps with planting, propagating and maintaining trees in the field and greenhouse.\u00a0

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Position and Salary Information<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

WSDA is recruiting for a\u00a0non-permanent<\/u>\u00a0 full-time\u00a0Fruit Tree\u00a0Agricultural Aide\u00a0<\/strong>position within the Plant Services Program in the Plant Protection Division. This position is located in Prosser, Washington and is represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees.<\/p>\n

The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the preferred candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The typical starting salary range for these positions is: $16.52\u00a0Step D – $19.85\u00a0Step L hourly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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