Anticipated period of employment: 12/15/2024 to 10/15/2025

All applicants must have 3 months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers.

GENERAL ORCHARD WORK REQUIRES TRIMMING AND PRUNING, CUTTING AWAY DEAD OR EXCESS BRANCHES FROM APPLE TREES TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND VALUE OF THE TREE, USING HAND SAWS AND PRUNERS, POWER PRUNERS, STEP LADDERS, TRIMMING CLIPPERS AND PRUNING HOOKS. WORKER'S ABILITY TO KEEP HANDS AND ARMS STEADY WHILE MOVING AND TRIMMING, ABILITY TO BEND, STRETCH, TWIST, OR REACH WITH YOUR ODY, ARMS AND/OR LEGS. PREPARE FIELDS AND PLANT NEW TREES. HARVEST APPLES FROM TREE AND DEPOSIT THEM IN A BUSHEL PICKING BUCKET TO A BIN. MANUALLY HARVEST FRUIT USING HAND TOOLS SUCH AS PICKING BUCKETS, STEP LADDERS AND BOXES (BINS). REPAIR OF APPLE BINS, REPLACE BROKEN AND DAMAGED BOARDS WITH NEW BOARDS USING A HAMMER AND NAILS. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description.

Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract they may call and/or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday- Friday from 9am to 5pm and referred to NY1513343 as the JO is in connection with this NJ number.

See AOSOS comment section before making any referrals.