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Nursery Worker - Deerfield, MA, US

Job Information

Job Order ID :
NY1523488
# of Positions :
14
Minimum Education Level :
Less than High School
Experience Required :
3 months
Salary :
$18.83 hourly
Duration :
Full Time Seasonal
Shift :
First Shift (Day)
Hours per week:
35

Job Description

 
14 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 3/3/2025 - 10/12/2025. Workers will perform tasks for various employers as listed on their contract. Crops: Nursery Plants, Bare Root Plants, Liner Plants, Plug Trays Greenhouse: Taking cuttings from mother plants, planting cuttings, bare root plants and tissue culture plants into plug trays. Filling plug trays, moving plug trays from planting warehouse into greenhouse and from one location in the greenhouse to another location, pruning greenhouse plants, getting plants ready to ship and loading them into trucks which go to our customers. applying fertilizer and watering plants. Ag Equipment Operator. Field: Receiving and loading/unloading trucks and wagons of plants. Processing plants, planting plants in our fields, weeding, irrigating, harvesting. Some workers will be driving tractors and occasionally be required to lift 50-70 lb. modules. Work environment changes with the season and varies from 32F-100F. Can be in a protected and controlled climate in a warehouse or barn or a greenhouse as well as unprotected outside in a large agricultural field. Some benchmarks that we expect workers to be able to fulfill wafer one month of working at the mentioned tasks are: - Cutting bare root plants at 200 plants per hour - Planting bare root plants in the field at 8500 plant per day - Cutting in the greenhouse at a rate of 250-500 plants per hour - Planting cuttings in the greenhouse at 500 plants per hour, tissue culture plants at 250 per hour - Pulling and shipping trays at 20 trays per hour - Filling modules and staging them in the field at a group production rate of 2500 modules per 8 hours with 8 Employees Farm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate farm equipment such as Tractors, forklifts, pallet Jacks and carts during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. Requirements: * 3 month experience in duties listed * Drug Screen * Lifting requirement 70lbs. * Exposure to extreme temperatures * Extensive pushing or pulling, sitting or walking * Frequent stooping or bending over * Repetitive movements The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov

Company Information

Name :
Legacy Labor Inc

Application Information

Email :
Apply by mail :
Attn: David Judah
201 N, Mitchell Street, Ste 1
Cadillac, MI 49601
US
By Phone :
Call David Judah at 2318784618
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