Youth Opportunities

• We are a generational family who are committed to a ministry that will have a positive influence on the lives of youth. We desire to produce the highest quality of strawberries while at the same time to provide opportunities to help nurture the nation's finest youth.
• Our ministry is to provide an opportunity for the youth of our community to have a place to start working and gain in their personal growth. We also desire to set a positive example of behavior and teach youth basic work ethics.
• Are you at least 12 years old and interested in a job opportunity with Klicker Strawberries™? If so, see below for more information.

Employment Requirements

With operating and labor costs increasing each year, we must keep our labor force at numbers that maximize our opportunity make a profit and remain in business. Therefore we will be employing pickers who are at least 12 years old, respectful, committed to working at least 5 days a week/4-5 hours a day through the harvest season, and who we believe to have the best potential to be productive. Picking payment is by the flat. We cannot guarantee that all who apply get hired. In addition, basic mental and physical requirements must be met.

Application Packets:

Application packets are available via the application process (see below).  The packet includes:

• Application 
• Parent/School Authorization Form - if you are under 18; requires a PROOF OF AGE document (can be a copy)
• I-9 Form - Government requirement to show lots of ORIGINAL/CERTIFIED documents. Click here to see on page 3 of the I-9 a list of acceptable documents. You will need one (1) document from column A OR one (1) document from BOTH column B and C.
• W-4 - Government requirement for paycheck taxes
• Parent/Picker Letter (at Appointment time) - Job overview, procedures, work & safety rules, pay rate etc.

If you are a first time applicant, examples of some of the required documents you may need to bring with you are:

• Original or Certified Copy of your Birth Certificate
• Original Social Security Card
• Photo ID (school ID card works) or School Report Card

Even if you have worked for us before, you still may be required to bring some of the above documentation.

Schedule & Transportation:

We begin picking at 7:00 am and usually pick for approximately 4 hours.

Employees are responsible for getting their own transportation to work. Since our ending times vary, we offer, as a courtesy and convenience, three approximate routes that cover the city limits of Walla Walla and College Place to return employees near home after work. If these approximate routes are not near your home, the employee will need to make arrangements to be picked up at the farm or picked up at drop off points along our approximate routes. Hard copies of maps available at time of Application Appointment.

Employment 

Please check back beginning Monday, April 20th when we anticipate knowing our need for new pickers. In the meantime, please read the following.

The 2020 strawberries are healthy, growing and unaware of the world around them.  As produce growers, we are alert, proactive to COVID-19, thankful to be declared by the federal government an essential business, and looking forward to working outdoors in the warm summer sunshine.

Klicker's Strawberry Acres currently operates a Good Manufacturing Practice under the federal Produce Safety Rule.  This includes, among other things, worker hygiene and sanitation.  As the anticipated June harvest approaches, please know we will remain attentive to worker and product safety and embrace any additional needed health and safety measures found in the CDC's Guidance for Businesses and Employers. 

Thank you for your support of our small family farm as we raise the very best strawberries with the very best employees! 

Should you have any general employment questions, please email or call us at 509.525.2494.