4 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/15/2024 - 11/17/2024.

Crops/Commodities: organic crops including but not limited to lettuce, onions, garlic, strawberries, kale, collards, laciniate, cabbage, summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, watermelon, sweet potatoes, winter squash, beets, turnips, broccoli, cauliflower. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working on a vegetable crop farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Plant, cultivate and harvest organic fruits and vegetables. Plant roots, seeds , bulbs, and transplants. Spread plastic or other ground covering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand. Stake tie plants, trellis prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants.

Install maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, knives and saws. Lift, carry, and load unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Clear debris from field and clean maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences.

Requirements:

• 3 months experience in duties listed
• Lifting requirement 60 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