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R & G Produce LLC Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop in Goshen, New York
4 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 05/15/2024 - 12/31/2024.
Manually plant, transplant, cultivate, & harvest herbs &vegetables such as but not limited to: corn greens, lettuce, kohlrabi, callaloo, onions, potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, squash, cabbage, peppers, tomatoes, pumpkins & cauliflower.
Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include field preparations by, weeding, thinning and/or pruning crops. Participate in irrigation activities. Harvesting, cleaning, grading and packing the vegetables by hand. Packing, loading, and delivering to the farm markets. Unload returning trucks and dispose of spoiled produce. All produce packaged and delivered to farm markets is produce grown and produced by R & G Produce.
Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. After 4 days of training employer will expect workers to pick a minimum of 8 boxes per hour of scallions, radishes, cilantro, parsley, beets, kale, cabbage, carrots, onions and cucumbers. During working hours, cell phone use is limited to emergency situations or for field documentation only. Any worker who drives a company vehicle at any time must have a valid drivers license and must notify Employer of the vehicle they are using. 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 three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.
Requirements:
- Workers must have a minimum 3 months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described.
- Lifting requirement of 75 lbs.
- Employer will train- 4 days
- Extensive sitting/walking, pushing/pulling
- Frequent stooping and repetitive movements
- Exposure to extreme temperatures.
- Driver Requirements
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 DOCE@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.