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2 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Job available 2/15/2025- 12/3/2025.

Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach farmers fields and/or transport workers to the grocery store, or bank on an as-needed basis. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks for market delivery and/or storage facilities.

Not all workers are requested to drive; drivers will be required to possess a valid operators license. No one will be rejected for the position that does not possess a class D license.

May drive and operate farm trucks and tractors. Manually seed, plant, transplant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest by hand and machine agricultural commodity including but not limited to: onions, cilantro, herbs, forage crops, vegetables, and other produce. Duties include yard clean-up and maintenance, field preparation by tilling soil, applying fertilizers, applying spray, mulching, applying removing plastic, field drainage, stripping, drying, transplanting, weeding, thinning and pruning in the fields and/or greenhouses. Use hand tools including but not limited to clippers, hammer, shovels, and knives. Repair, maintain, clean, sanitize farm vehicles, tractors and implements and equipment, and buildings used in processing produce. Construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings. Construct and repair pallets, boxes and storage containers. Sort, dump, grade, clean and pack produce in farm building. Lift, move, and place pallets. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. While working in the field cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Employer may conduct/require random illegal drug or alcohol tests at employers expense after hiring, for the safety of themselves and others as they will be operating machinery. Failure to comply with request or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in termination. Due to health and safety concerns on our farm workers must understand basic instruction in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of 3 months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.

Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of 3 months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described.
• Lifting requirement of 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day.
• Extensive sitting, repetitive movements, extensive pushing/pulling, extensive walking
• Frequent stooping.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Employer may conduct random drug tests at employers expense after hire.

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.