New York Seasonal Jobs

20 Fulltime Seasonal H-2A jobs available 08/12/2024- 11/07/2024.

Harvest Productivity Standards: Workers must be able to harvest at least 5 bins (20 bu Equivalent) per day of fresh market apples and 7 bins (20 bu Equivalent) per day of process apples while not to exceed 2% bruising rate.

Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.

Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivation (including pruning and thinning) and harvesting fruit according to supervisors instructions. Workers may till soil, plant stock, and do pruning activities using a variety of tools. May aid in irrigation duties. May 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.

Spot Harvest: These apples are picked for immediate use. It is extremely important for this fruit not to be damaged. Workers must take care to prevent scratching and bruising fruit. Worker will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking the fruit that is the reddest and biggest. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color standard set by the picking supervisor. In some instances, fruit harvest will be done from a 16-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is then gently emptied into a field bin, taking care not to spill or bruise the fruit in the container or in the field bin. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row unless directed by a supervisor to change, or to help someone sporadically.

See job order for full duties.

Requirements:

• Workers must have three months experience hand harvesting produce on a commercial farm
• Must be able to lift 75 pounds.
• Random, post hire drug test at employer's expense
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Repetitive movements, extensive pushing and pulling, extensive walking, 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 DOCE@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.