6 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/15/2024 - 12/01/2024.

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, trees. This job requires a minimum of 3 months of prior experience working in a balled and burlap tree nursery, including specifically the operation of 50 plus HP nursery equipment, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries. Plant seedlings or liners by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter) using mattock or dibble. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees with shovel or tree spade. Selects trees for cutting according to markings, size, species and grade. Cut trees using axe or chain saw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Runs trees through tree baler. Inventory and grade trees. Must follow supervisors instructions on pruning shearing. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage.

Balled and burlap (B and B) tree production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with tree spade attachments or haul out tines. Workers may be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimping baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine.

Bare root production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers will be required to work on the ground tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand or machine.

Requirements:

• 3 months experience in duties listed
• Drug Screen
• Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Extensive pushing or pulling
• Extensive sitting or walking
• Frequent stooping or bending over

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov * Repetitive movements