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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery - Manheim, PA, US

Job Information

Job Order ID :
NY1518640
# of Positions :
16
Minimum Education Level :
Less than High School
Experience Required :
3 months
Salary :
$17.96 hourly
Duration :
Full Time Seasonal
Shift :
First Shift (Day)
Hours per week:
48

Job Description

 
16 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 2/22/2025 - 12/15/2025. This job involves working in a commercial wholesale nursery and includes both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Plants, digs, mulches, transplants, mows and waters in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Maintains plants including fertilizing, pruning, watering and tagging. Counts and inventories plants. Propagates plants from cutting. Loads finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Builds and maintains seasonal holding houses including removal of plastic in Spring and covering with plastic in Fall. Maintains ground plants including planting, hand digging and covering root ball with minimal damage. Fills and carries various size pots with soil and plants weighing up to 85 pounds (38.55kg). Plants, cultivates and maintains ornamental shrubs and trees in condition for shipping and resale to customers. Pots seedlings, prunes, transplants, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to a variety. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock including, but not limited to, irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, haul ing, ground preparation, product installation and feeding. Maintains holding yards and shipping areas. Operates nursery equipment including, but not limited to, tractors, sprayers, cultivators, planters and skid-loaders with tree spade. Requirements: * 3 months experience in fruit and vegetable duties listed * Criminal Background Check * Drug Screen * Lifting requirement 85 lbs. * Exposure to extreme temperatures * Repetitive movements * Extensive Pushing or Pulling * Extensive Sitting or Walking 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 :
Lloyd M Lapp & Sons

Application Information

Apply by mail :
Attn: Douglas Lapp
1472 Stevens Street
Manheim, PA 17545
US
By Phone :
Call Douglas Lapp at 7178989115
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