Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Milton, New York
Anticipated period of employment: 04/01/2025 to 12/15/2025
3 months verifiable experience required.
Manually prune, cultivate, & harvest all crops grown, including, but not limited to, fruits & vegetables (apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, grapes, & mixed vegetables). Use hand tools, such as shovels, hoes, shears, & knives. Duties include thinning, tying, pruning, & harvesting crops from ground, ladder, and mobile platform. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Harvest fruits by hand. After a training period of 4 days, a minimum productivity standard applies of (108) 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples per day or (55) 1 1/8 bu boxes of fresh apples with stem clipping per day. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising not to exceed 3%. Workers may be instructed to selectively pick mature fruit according to size, color, & other USDA standards. Workers must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in 1 bu. plastic buckets with straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket weighing up to 45 lbs. Workers required to handle ladders up to 18 ft. long and weighing @ 2 lbs. per foot. Must be physically able to lift 80 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract contact employer by phone or email Monday through Friday during the hours of 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET. Referred to NY1523463 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.
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