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Agricultural Equipment Operators - Walden, NY, US

Job Information

Job Order ID :
NY1522467
# of Positions :
11
Minimum Education Level :
Less than High School
Experience Required :
3 months
Salary :
$19.83 + hourly
Duration :
Full Time Seasonal
Shift :
First Shift (Day)
Hours per week:
45

Job Description

 
11 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 3/23/2025- 11/22/2025. Direct and monitor farm workers and inform farm supervisor of crop conditions. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, forklifts and self-propelled machinery to spray, chop, mow, plant or harvest. Drive pickup trucks or vans on the public roads and farm roads only with a valid United States drivers license and employer approval. This may include transportation of coworkers or tools and supplies. Operators will have a minimum of six months of work experience including equipment/vehicle operation. Specifically operator/driver includes tractors, forklifts, vehicles on the road and self propelled machinery such as a platform. Other orchard work including pruning, grafting, wood removal, planting, transplanting, weeding, sickling, hand thinning, trellis construction, training of branches or trunk including tying, taping, bending and general maintenance of apple trees. Use hand tools such as pruners, chainsaws, pole saws, hydraulic or pneumatic pruners, pruning hooks, shears, sickles and shovels. Prepare field for planting including tilling soils, applying fertilizers, picking rocks and roots from tilled fields. Miscellaneous activities may include fence or bin or building or equipment repair. Many orchard jobs will also be performed from ladders or a moving mechanical platform in the upper half of the tree with lower parts of the tree tended from the ground. Workers may ride or drive platforms for harvest and/or orchard work. Pick apples by hand on an hourly basis for miscellaneous picking. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising not to exceed 3%. Use of tools such as stem clippers. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid puncture or other damage by stem clippers. Workers trained and instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color, and other USDA and market standards. Workers must be able to pick tree fruit, much of which is done from ladders or a moving mechanical picking platform with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal framed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled buckets weighing up to 50 lbs are emptied into bulk bins with a capacity equal to 20 1 1/8 bushel boxes. Workers required to handle ladders up to 24 feet long and weighing about 2 lbs per foot. Must be able to consistently handle 75 lbs throughout the day. Adjustment to minimum during piece rate work will always adjust to the AEWR. Requirements: * Minimum of 6 months verifiable experience in performing the tasks described. * Random drug or alcohol tests at employers expense once hired. * Due to the nature of the job duties the applicant needs to be at least 18 years of age or older. * Consistently lift 75 lbs throughout the day. * Extensive sitting/walking, pushing/pulling, and frequent stooping/bending. * Exposure to extreme temperatures. * 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. For qualified applicants requiring a Spanish translation of this job order, please email DOCE@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.

Company Information

Name :
Crist Bros Orchards Inc

Application Information

Email :
By Phone :
Call Jennifer Kohn at 8457787424
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