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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in McMinnville, Tennessee

Esta es una oferta de trabajo H-2A, lo que significa que el empleador ya solicito contratar trabajadores fuera de Estados Unidos.

Empleador: Dry Shave Mountain Nursery
Ubicacion: McMinnville, Tennessee
Puestos: 8
Pago: $12.44 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Inicio: 2026-09-01
Fin: 2027-06-30
Registrado: 2026-06-26

En que consiste el trabajo

Skill Level 1. Nursery Work: Planting: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and various farm implements. Workers may be required to work on the ground planting trees that are fed through a tractor pulled planter-using shovels. Workers will be required to dig trees. Workers will also be required to plant trees by hand. Pruning: When pruning, it is vital to prune the unwanted branch while protecting the stem or trunk wood of the tree. While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw, prunes, and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker’s wages. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern for each field row and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard. Workers must remove all resulting material from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment rows. Bare root tree production: Workers may be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers may be required to work on the ground tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand. Workers will be responsible for identifying and budding bare root trees and seedlings. Workers will also hoe, weed, and grade bare root trees. Loading and unloading: Workers may be required to work on flat bed trailers loading and unloading various sizes of container trees. Workers may be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees by hand into refrigerated trailers/storage facility. Cultivation: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mowers or hilling disks. Watering: Workers may be required to water trees by hand using pumps and hoses. Farm Equipment Operation: Workers will drive tractors, mowers, and may use other agricultural implements attached to tractors. Workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor and other equipment before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operators, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. General Duties: Duties performed in the field will be sporadic all through the contract due to the various duties, i.e., preparing soil, planting, pruning, cutting, trimming to shape, spacing plants, potting, fertilizing with granular or liquid fertilizer, spraying with backpack sprayers, cleaning work areas, transporting plant materials in the nursery areas, loading and unloading plants and all other duties associated with plant production. Between harvesting, workers will be required to perform duties to prepare crops for marketing. Workers will also unload pallets from trucks or trailers into fields for transplanting. Workers may unload and restock for storage.

Como postular

Postula directamente con el empleador nombrado arriba. Workmerica no es una agencia, no cobra comisiones y no participa en esta contratacion.

Abrir la oferta de trabajo original

Fuente: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

Lo que equivale al mes

A cuarenta horas por semana, la tarifa de esta solicitud equivale a unos $2,152 al mes antes de impuestos. Esa es la jornada completa mensual de 173 horas; las horas extra, deducciones y el costo del viaje no estan incluidos.

Como funciona el permiso de trabajo en the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Publicado por U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification