Farmworkers and Laborers Crop Nursery

Miller Plant Farm
US - Pennsylvania - York
May 10, 2024

2 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/12/2024 - 10/13/2024.

Crops/Commodities:
vegetables and greenhouse plants.
This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience working in a greenhouse or vegetable farm handling both manual and mechanized tasks.
Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience.
Plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables.
Use hand tools including, but not limited to:
shovels, hoes and knives.
Plant roots, seeds and bulbs.
Spread plastic or other ground covering.
Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal.
Till soil.
Weed and thin plants.
Transplant plants by hand.
Stake tie plants, trellis prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants.
Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops.
Tie vegetables in bunches.
Grade, size and field pack product.
Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants.
Mow, cut, and weed fields.
Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks.
Bending, stooping and kneeling required.
Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws.
Lift, carry, and load unload products or supplies.
Use power equipment including but not limited to:
tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders.
Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction.
Assist with farm building field maintenance and repairs.
Repair fences.

Prepare fields soil for planting.
Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and or axes.
Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery plants, including perennials, bedding plants, vegetable plants and hanging baskets in condition for shipping and sale to customers.
Pot seedlings.
Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout seasonal holding houses.
Move containerized plants using rolling carts.
Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary.
Dig plants.
Drum lacing and quarter lacing.
Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and or staples.
Crimp wire baskets.
Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures.
Must harvest crops according to specific standards.
Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs.
Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage.
Workers may be asked to deliver and setup produce at farm market for sale.

Requirements:

3 months 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

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

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