4 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 07/19/2024 - 11/11/2024.

Crops: Vegetable such as: Asparagus, Zucchini, Squash (Butternut & spaghetti), Tomatoes, cantaloupe, Watermelon, Peppers, Specialty Squash, Pickles, cucumbers, and Peaches.

Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect workers ability to perform the work described herein.

Sanitation Requirements: Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering fields for harvest activities of the packing facility for packing operations. Employee will need to comply with their GAP or other sanitation requirements. Any worker willfully ignoring sanitation requirements will be terminated.

Workers will perform a variety of manual duties to plant, cultivate, harvest, grade, pack and load employers crops. Workers will harvest peaches by hand and machine. Workers will transplant crops into the ground and covers the root of the plant with soil in assigned rows in the field either by transplanter machine or while bending and stopping to carefully place the transplants into pre-dug holes and covering roots with soil. Vegetables will be manually harvested by either picking into baskets, carrying full baskets to dumpers riding on trailer moving alongside rows, and jumping into bins, or by picking and placing sorted produce into boxes, and stacking full boxes onto the trailers.

Works will lay, tuck and/or remove plastic. Clean plastic of debris.

Workers will manually pull weeds and remove used stakes and string. Stake, string, tie, sucker, thin and prune crops. Workers will remove or clean plant debris or vines from the ground. Workers will use hand tolls such as shovels, tampers, pruning hooks, machetes, hoes and knives.

Workers will till soil. Clear and maintain fields and irrigation ditches. Works must select harvestable produce based on correct size, maturity and quality. Workers will not break, skin, damage, drop or bruise produce, or leave any appropriate product on the plant during harvest.

Package harvested crops into bins, bags, boxes, plastic containers, and crates.

Workers will load boxes onto pallets and transport them in vehicles.

3 months experience in duties listed Drug Screen Lifting requirement 50 lbs. Exposure to extreme temperatures 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