17 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 04/10/2024- 11/30/2024.

Employees will prepare greenhouse and horticultural space. Fill greenhouse containers with soil and other greenhouse mediums. Perform a variety of greenhouse jobs, including but not limited to, seeding, planting, tagging, transplanting, trimming, cutting, tying, and deadheading greenhouse crops. Stick cuttings from existing plants. Irrigate, fertilize, and apply pesticides to greenhouse crops. Select plants for sale and prepare plants/crops for sale and the field. Move plants by hand and nursery carts within and between greenhouses, from greenhouse to field, and from greenhouse to packing house and retail market located on farm property. Clean and sanitize greenhouse containers, nursery carts, greenhouse space and greenhouse equipment. Maintain and repair greenhouse irrigation systems, climate control systems, and greenhouse structures.

Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to level, plow, harrow, and fertilize ground, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Prepare fields and orchard grounds for agricultural use. Cut and trim trees and branches solely for the purpose of agricultural field and orchard use. Prune large limbs of fruit trees, remove broken, fallen or old fruit trees, and clear fallen tree debris. Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil.

Prune and thin perennial fruit crops outdoors. Plant fruit trees, vines, bushes, and plants. Seed and transplant vegetables, herbs, and ornamental crops. Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants or trees in planter mechanisms or ground at specified intervals. Install, move, maintain, and repair plastic mulch, drip tape, fruit trellis and fruit netting. Perform cultural work including, but not limited to, fertilizing, staking, tying, trellising, vine/branch training, pruning, thinning, weeding, and cultivating.

Install, operate, repair, and maintain irrigation using portable pipes, pumps, or ditches. Harvest, field grade, and bunch/pack fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals, based on correct size, color, and ripeness, by hand and/or using harvesting equipment.

Transport crops from the location of harvest to the packing house and retail market all located on farm property. Set up market. Remove plastic mulch, drip tape, stakes, strings, and crops when harvest time is complete. Employees will use a variety of hand tools, including but not limited to, rakes, hoes, shovels, wheelbarrows, clippers, shears, knives, pruning saw, chainsaws, and bow saws.

Operate various farm machinery including, but not limited to, trucks, tractors, wagons, forklifts, pallet jacks, manure spreader, tillage equipment, levelers, sprayers, trenchers, mowers, and various types of planting, harvesting, and cultivating equipment. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.

Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Adjust, repair, maintain and service farm machinery, vehicles, implements and mechanical equipment necessary to this farming operation. Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. Apply pesticides and fertilizers. Record agricultural inventory data, crop status, pesticide use, harvest times and crop yield. Inform farmers and/or farm managers of crop status and progress. Requirements:

• 1 month experience in duties listed
• Drug Screen
• Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
• Exposure to Extreme temperatures
• Extensive pushing or pulling, 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