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Kuhn Orchards LLC Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
10 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 04/15/2024- 11/10/2024.
Orchard worker: Prune and plant trees, vines, canes and bushes. Cultivate and hand-harvest tree fruits, nuts, berries and mixed vegetables, including but not limited to apples, peaches, cherries, raspberries, onions, carrots, chestnuts, almonds, herbs and cut flowers. Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Duties may include cleaning, field packing, loading and unloading harvested fruits, nuts, berries and vegetables. May assist in delivery and load and unload harvested fruits and vegetables at roadside stand or farmers markets. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Field grade, sort, or classify by size, weight, color, or condition. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings.
Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmers fields) during the workday. May operate light truck or van off the farm and over the road to drive themselves or other farmworkers from place to place, such as to the grocery store, bank, government agencies, medical or dental offices and so forth. May operate truck with GVWR of less than 13 tons to deliver crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid drivers license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.
All workers are required to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly important when touching crops for human consumption. Workers are required to cleanse their hands by washing thoroughly with soap and water before entering field for harvest activities and after each break. Smoking and the use of tobacco products prohibited during working time.
Pickers/pruners: Hand-harvest apples and peaches. Load and unload apples and peaches by hand. Prune apple and peach trees according to supervisors instructions. Worker will attach harness, bucket or bag and pick low hanging fruit while standing on ground and higher branches while standing on a ladder.
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Drug Screen
- Lifting requirement 75 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling, 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