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Double D Produce Agricultural Equipment Operator in Florida, New York
20 Fulltime H-2A seasonal jobs available from 03/01/2024- 12/31/2024.
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 farmer's fields and/or transport workers to the grocery store, or bank on an as-needed basis. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil or to plant, cultivate, spray & harvest crops. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities.
Manually seed, plant, transplant, cultivate, & harvest herbs & vegetables such as beets, carrots, onions, corn, cabbage, squash, spinach & lettuce. To perform any and all work associated with the production and harvesting of greenhouse grown vegetables. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include field preparations by tilling soil & applying fertilizers, mulching, plastic removal, transplanting, weeding, thinning, and/or pruning crops.
Repair & maintain farm vehicles, implements & mechanical equipment. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings and participate in irrigation activities. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Harvest vegetables by hand. Harvesting, cleaning, grading and packing the vegetables grown on the farm as well as wild foraging of produce. Inform farmers or farm manager of crop progress. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. Employer may conduct/require random drug or alcohol tests at employer's expense after hiring, for the safety of themselves and others as they will be operating machinery. Failure to comply with request or testing positive will result in termination. Due to health & 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 six months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in his order.
Requirements:
- Must have a minimum of six months verifiable experience in performing the tasks described.
- Lifting requirement of 75 lbs.
- Drug screen post hire, at employer expense.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures.
- Extensive walking, repetitive movements, extensive pushing/pulling, 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.