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Farmworkers & Laborers & Agricultural Equipment Operator
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 4
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 36
- Wage: 17 USD / Hour
- OFLC Certification: ACCEPTED - PENDING RECRUITMENT
- Start date: 08/16/2026
- End date: 11/13/2026
- Process date: 06/09/2026 21:00:00
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform the work described in the job order and must be available for the entire period of employment specified in Section A.3 & A.4. This work order is for willing, able, and qualified individuals to perform a variety of tasks related to the production, maintenance, and harvesting of fruit and berries, including but not limited to apples, pears, prunes, peaches, and cherries. Duties include pruning and training apple trees, harvesting apples, and maintaining orchard grounds. Workers must have the knowledge and ability to properly prune and train apple trees. Additional duties may include: removing brush and roots; repairing bins; planting and watering trees; and performing general orchard maintenance tasks. All fruit must be handled with care to avoid bruising. Apples injured during picking shall not exceed 1 percent (NY) for fresh fruit and 1 percent (NY) for processing fruit. Productivity must be at least 4 bins (80 bushels) per day. Workers may also be required to sort apples according to size, color, and grade. Workers must be able to safely operate agricultural equipment and may use hand tools, including but not limited to shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, hand saws, harvesting bins, pruning saws, pole pruners, and other orchard harvesting and maintenance tools. Workers may be asked to operate multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday. Workers are expected to report to work wearing suitable clothing and must be willing and able to perform duties in a variety of weather conditions, ranging from damp, cold spring and fall days to hot, humid summer days. Assigned duties are physically demanding and require prolonged standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, and climbing ladders. Workers must be able to frequently lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Workers must also be able to repeatedly pick apples while climbing and working from ladders up to 20 feet in height while carrying a picking bucket harnessed over their shoulders. Workers must have experience working with production standards and must have experience working under farm sanitary and safety practices as required in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) plans. All equipment must be kept clean in accordance with USDA GAP standards, including picking bags and step ladders (which will be provided to each worker). All step ladders must be handled by the rails in accordance with USDA GAP standards. GAP rules will be provided prior to the start of work. Any damage to equipment must be reported immediately to a supervisor or management. Workers may require to work 6-hour shifts within the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. This schedule totals 36 hours per week. The 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. range accounts for varying orchard conditions (e.g. weather, crop maturity, harvest demands) to ensure that workers are able to complete the required weekly hours. Workers will not be scheduled to work a full 12-hour shift. Workers may be offered additional hours beyond the standard schedule, subject to the mutual agreement of the employee and management. Workers will be provided with at least a 30-minute lunch break staggered between 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., as determined by both the workers and management. Workers may choose where to eat their lunch and must return to work after the 30-minute break. The daily and weekly work schedules may vary depending on orchard conditions, including weather, sunlight, temperature, and crop readiness. The employer will notify workers of any changes to the schedule. The employer will provide one day of training and allow two days of work for workers to demonstrate satisfactory performance of orchard duties.