New York Seasonal Jobs

26 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 08/12/2024 - 11/16/2024.

Manually plant, cultivate & harvest apples. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives & saws. Till soil and apply fertilizers; transplant, weed, thin or prune crops (may require the use of chainsaws); apply pesticides; clean, pack & load harvested products. Construct trellis, assemble bins, repair bins, fences & farm buildings, participate in irrigation or drainage activities. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, & self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, prune, thin, train trees, spray, protect with hail netting, enhance crop light exposure and harvest crops. Use equipment, sanitizers, and hand tools to sanitize bins, machinery and equipment to meet food safety regulations. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, & mechanical equipment. Harvest apples by hand. A few fresh varieties require stem clipping of each apple before placing the apple in the picking bag. Workers are expected to work at least the number of days and hours specified. Depending on weather, crop or other conditions, workers may be requested, but not required, to work up to seven days per week and/or on the Sabbath and up to 12 hours per day. Workers should report to work with their own suitable work clothing and footwear. Field temperatures may range from below 0 (F) to 90+ degrees (F) with possible wet morning conditions. Due to both worker safety and food safety concerns, workers must be able to speak and understand enough English to follow directions and communicate safety threats to the farmer, other workers and supervisors.

Orchard Development & Maintenance: Workers will be required to plant, adjust planting depth by the tree graft union, stomp soil around new plantings, 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. Instructions will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers.

Dormant & Summer Pruning: While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job (i.e., saw, pruners, loppers & hand snips). These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard set by the supervisor. In some instances, pruning will be done from an 8- or 18-foot ladder weighing up to forty (40) pounds. All workers must be able to lift and carry a ladder, as well as work from the top of a ladder. Wood cut from the tree must be removed without damaging apples. Workers must remove all resulting materials from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks without damaging apples, dropping said prunings to the ground between the rows.

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