30 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/19/2024 - 12/14/2024.

Perform manual labor related to the growing of nursery stock that will include some combination of the following: preparing fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; planting seedlings or liners by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); digging, loading, unloading or transplanting bare root nursery stock; straightening, tying, pruning and shearing trees and shrubs; cutting, pulling or removing and mowing weeds or grass; moving irrigation equipment; spraying herbicides and insecticides and applying fertilizer. While fertilizing, workers will be expected to pick up and carry 35 pounds of fertilizer and distribute it with a 4-ounce cup. Accurate and visual calibration and proper placement of fertilizer is required. Most fieldwork is performed in crews of 3 to 6 workers who will be required to maintain the pace of the average crewmember. Crew work may consist of hand hoeing around nursery stock. Weeds are to be removed by the root and not at ground level. Shearing conifers and evergreens must be performed with proper taper and angle of bud cut for quality.

Tasks related to harvest of nursery stock will include the following: taking inventory and grading plants; preparing trees and shrubs for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary; digging; drum lacing and quarter lacing; wrapping burlap or other covering around root balls and securing with twine and or staples; crimping wire baskets; lifting, carrying and loading nursery stock and unloading, moving or loading supplies, including wire baskets. Hand digging of ornamental evergreens and conifers up to 5-6' will be performed by 4-worker crews which will be expected to harvest between 40 and 45 plants per hour. Plants must be handled carefully to ensure that leaves, limbs and roots are not broken during digging, handling, wrapping and or transplanting processes.

Workers must be able to perform all duties of entry level workers as well as perform additional mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency.

Requirements:

• 3 months experience in duties listed
• Lifting requirement 75 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Extensive sitting or walking
• 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