1 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 05/18/2024 - 11/20/2024.

All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform the work described in the job order and must be available for the entire period of employment specified in the contract. Job duties include pruning, thinning, general orchard work and harvesting produce in an apple orchard as well as field work of weeding, thinning, hoeing and other duties related to the planting, maintaining and harvesting of strawberries and blueberries. In addition, workers may be asked to drive tractors, pick up brush from orchard floor, pick rocks to prepare soil for planting, repair broken bins, plant and water trees and perform other farm related duties as the need arises. Workers may also work in a packing house, load and unload trucks, pack apples into totes and drive trucks to remove apple bins from the outlying orchard at harvest time. Workers will harvest apples from approximately August 15th to October 31st. Productivity during apple harvest must be at least 60 1-1/8 bu boxes per 7 hours worked with no more than 5 percent bruising for fresh market. The employer will provide 1 day of training and allow 2 days of work for the worker to satisfactorily perform the duties described in the job description. Workers may supervise crews of up to 10 workers during apple harvest.

Requirements:

• 1 month experience in duties listed
• Drug Screen
• Lifting requirement 50 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Extensive Pushing or Pulling
• Extensive sitting or walking
• Frequent stooping or bending over
• Repetitive movements

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov