Job Information
Philbin Orchards Inc Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Sterling, Massachusetts
2 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 05/01/2024 - 10/31/2024.
Plant, cultivate and harvest various crops such as, but not limited to, vegetables, fruits, horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools such as, but not limited to, shovels, hoes, pruning shears, knives and ladders. Duties my include but are not limited to, tilling the soil, applying fertilizer, transplanting, weeding, thinning pruning, applying pesticides, picking, cutting, cleaning, sorting, packing, processing and handling harvested products. May set up, operate, and repair farm machinery. Repair fences and farm buildings. Also may participate in irrigation activities. Work is usually performed outdoors under hot or cold conditions. Workers may be required to bend, stoop, lift and carry up to 50 lbs. on a frequent basis. Duties may require working off the round at heights up to 20 FT using ladders or climbing. 1 month experience 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