New York Seasonal Jobs

13 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/20/2024- 11/16/2024.

Manually plant, cultivate and harvest apples. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives and saws. Till soil and apply fertilizers; transplant, weed, thin or prune crops (may require the use of chainsaws); apply pesticides; clean, pack and load harvested products. Construct trellis, assemble bins, repair bins, fences and farm buildings, participate in irrigation or drainage activities. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, prune, thin, train trees, spray, protect with hail netting, enhance crop light exposure and harvest crops. Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach the farm fields) and/or transport workers to the grocery store or bank on an as needed basis. Those workers who possess a valid driver's license may operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles, but no workers will be rejected for not having a driver's license. Use equipment, sanitizers and hand tools to sanitize bins, machinery and equipment to meet food safety regulations. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Harvest apples by hand. Apply hail netting, reflective orchard floor covering, pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers to crops. Remove or move hail netting or reflective orchard floor covering from block to block or to storage building. Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. Clear and maintain drainage ditches. Participate in employer provided and other training for pesticide use & application, food safety practices, equipment operation and safety and general work safety. Record information about crops such as pesticide use, food safety threats or practices, yields or costs. Apples injured by bruising during picking shall not exceed 0% (WNY) for fresh and 0% (WNY) for processing. Productivity must be at least 3 bins (67.5 bushels) fresh market and/or 6 bins (120 bushels) processing fruit per day. A few fresh varieties require stem clipping of each apple before placing the apple in the picking bag. Due to both worker safety and food safety concerns, workers must be able to speak and understand enough English.

Orchard Development and Maintenance: Workers will be required to plant, adjust planting depth by the tree graft union, stomp soil around newly planted trees, spread fertilizer, pick up roots, stones, and limbs, hoe trees, strip suckers or unwanted growth from trees, dig root suckers, rub out buds, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe or tube, repair and maintain irrigation system, strap, paint tree trunks and tie or thin out the crop load on fruit trees.

Requirements: * Workers must have a minimum of three months experience in performing tasks * Employer may conduct random drug tests, post hire, at the employer's expense.
* Extensive sitting, extensive pushing and pulling and extensive walking. * Lifting 50 pounds. * Repetitive movements and frequent stooping. * Exposure to extreme temperatures. * Criminal background check.

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.