Job Information
PINE HILL ORCHARDS Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Colrain, Massachusetts
6 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 08/14/2024 - 11/19/2024.
Plant. cultivate, and harvest various crops, such as, but not limited to, vegetables, fruit, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as, but not limited to, shovels, hoes, pruning shears, saws, knives, and ladders. Duties may Include, but not limited to, tilling soil, apply fertilizer, thinning, pruning, apply general use pesticides or restricted use pesticides under the direct supervision of a certified applicator, picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting, processing, packing, and handling harvested products. May operate machinery and do repair work. Pressing cider on the farm. Work is usually performed outdoors, sometimes under hot and cold conditions. Workers are required to bend, lift, and carry up to 50 lbs. regularly. Duties may require off ground heights up to 20 ft. using ladders. One month experience Is required in work listed.
Requirements:
- 1 month experience in duties listed
- 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