Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nusery - Imperial, PA, US
Job Information
Job Order ID :
NY1488220
# of Positions :
10
Minimum Education Level :
Less than High School
Experience Required :
none
Salary :
$17.20 hourly
Duration :
Full Time Seasonal
Shift :
First Shift (Day)
Hours per week:
45
Job Description
10 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 03/01/2024 - 12/15/2024.
Crops Commodities:
Trees, Hay Straw.
Perform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and or axes). Plant pot seedlings or liners by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade.
Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean maintain work area.
Cut and bale hay straw.
Install maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates.
Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.
Requirements:
* 3 months experience in duties listed
* Drug Screen
* Lifting requirement 60 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
Company Information
Name :
Rob Cronin, Inc.
Application Information
Email :
By Phone :
Call Rob Cronin at 4123021341
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