New York Seasonal Jobs

9 Fulltime H2A Seasonal Jobs available 05/01/2024- 11/30/2024.

Crops: Asparagus, Rhubarb, Strawberries, peas, beets, kale, lettuce, swiss chard, broccoli, zucchini, summer squash, kohlrabi, sweet cherries, sour cherries, cucumbers, snap beans, eggplant, sweet corn, peaches, melon, garlic, plum, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, apples, pumpkins, cauliflower, winter squash. Workers will perform any combination of duties consistent with harvesting quality fruit and vegetables.

Workers will have to conduct general orchard work including but not limited to field work, pruning and maintenance of fields, trees, and farm equipment. The worker will also maintain the exterior around property building, sweep and clean, and maintain building, hand mowing, and weed whacking around property. Requires general agricultural work and heavy lifting. Must be physically able to perform job specification. The employer will provide tools necessary to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. All fields are owned and controlled by the employer and the employer is not FLC.

Harvest Productivity Standards: Workers must maintain a 5% or better bruising rate.

Produce: Workers will plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.

Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivation (including pruning and thinning) and harvesting fruit according to supervisors instructions. Workers will till soil, plant stock, and do pruning activities using a variety of tools. Workers will aid in irrigation duties. Will aid in minor repair of wooden fruit containers. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size, and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into bushel baskets taking the extra time, care and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit.

Requirements:

• Three months experience preferred in above specifications.
• Lifting requirement of 60 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Extensive pushing pulling, sitting walking.
• Repetitive movements and frequent stooping.

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 DIPA@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.