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Schwalm Farms, Inc. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Hegins, Pennsylvania
5 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 2/17/2025 - 11/15/2025.
Crops/Commodities: apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, blueberries, asparagus, corn, soybeans. This job requires a minimum of three months of verifiable prior experience working on a fruit farm or orchard performing manual and machine tasks. Workers must be able to perform all assigned tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Plant, cultivate and harvest fruits and vegetables. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other groundcovering. 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. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants. Work in fields. Prune, plant, cultivate and hand-harvest berries. Spread and remove ground covers. Trellis berry plants. Train berry canes. Monitor growth for tipping/pruning. Pick/harvest berries according to quality standards. Load/transport harvested berries.
Planting: Propagate plants by placing buds/scions. Plant seedlings or 'liners' by hand or with mechanical planter. Clear cull stock, brush and debris. Dig holes and shovel dirt. Build tree trellises; which includes digging holes, placing posts, stringing wire, and tying conduit to wire. Tree Training: hoeing, tree painting, weed mat application. Tie/position trees and limbs, together and to trellises, using string, tape, wire or other fasteners and supports. Thinning: Hand thin to control the size and quality of fruit. Remove fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. Must accurately identify and remove misshapen, damaged or otherwise unmarketable fruit. Pruning: Hand pruning based on fruit variety. Use manual and mechanized pruning tools and equipment. Identify and remove stubs or broken branches, downward-growing branches, branches rubbing against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood and shoots-suckers.
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
- Exposure to Extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stopping 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