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Cahoon Farms Inc. Fruit Farm Worker in Wolcott, New York
93 Fulltime Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 08/15/2024- 11/15/2024.
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest apples. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. Train trees on trellises, repair fences and farm buildings. Harvest apples by hand. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Record information about crops. Apples injured by bruising during picking shall not exceed 1% (WNY) for fresh and 1% (WNY) for processing. Productivity must be at least 4 20 bu. Bins (80 bushels) for fresh market and/or 5 20 bu. Bins (100 bushels) processing apples per 8 hour day. Workers are expected to work at least the number of days and hours specified.
The employer will provide 1 day of training and/or allow 1 day of work for worker to reach production standards if applicable. Meeting the company productivity standard will determine retention of all workers. Underperformance will be cause for progressive discipline and termination.
Field Monitor 1. Relay daily instructions to assigned crews. 2. Scan and attach tags to bins. 3. Record amounts of fruit picked within assigned crews. 4. Alert management of any issues at work sites. 5. Check fruit for size and quality.
Requirements:
- Must have a minimum of 3 months experience in performing tasks described in this order.
- The employer will provide 1 day of training and/or allow 1 day of work for worker to reach production standards if applicable.
- Must be able to lift 60 lbs.
- Repetitive movements, frequent stooping/bending.
- Extensive pushing/pulling.
- Extensive Sitting/walking.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures.
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.