Farm and agricultural worker

Nursery Worker in West Olive, Michigan

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

Empleador: Overlook Harvesting Michigan, LLC - MI - Evergreen Nursery
Ubicacion: West Olive, Michigan
Puestos: 11
Pago: $13.78 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Inicio: 2026-09-07
Fin: 2026-11-30
Registrado: 2026-07-10

En que consiste el trabajo

Crops/Commodities: Nursery stock. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Workers may perform a variety of the following job duties: • Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. • Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. • Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. • General farm maintenance of vehicles, implements, and equipment. • Set up and operate irrigation equipment. • Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. • Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. • Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. • Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. • Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping. • Potting plants on potting line or manual potting off wagons. • Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems. • Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease. • Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems. • Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs. • Record information about plants and plant growth. • Maintain inventory, ordering materials as required. • Dig, rake, and screen soil, filling cold frames and hot beds in preparation for planting. • Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality. • Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors. • Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees, wrap their roots, and pack them into boxes to fill orders. • Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels. • Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures. • General repairs and maintenance of farm structures, including aluminum frames, replaces and repairs plastic, coverings, digging structures and miscellaneous nursery maintenance. • Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Workers will be exposed to wet and cold weather working in fields. Workers will be required to work in rain or snow not severe enough to stop work activities. Temperatures may range from 20 to 100 F. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Employer requires all newly-hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid drug test before starting work. Drug test not required for prospective applicants prior to hiring decision. All testing is conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Workers testing positive will be immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local or foreign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. The employer will also test after a worker has an accident at work. Workers may not report for work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Employees that report for work, enter the employers' property or perform service while under the influence of or having used alcohol, marijuana, illegal controlled substances, or any other substance that may in any way adversely affect their alertness, coordination, reaction or safety may be subject to immediate termination.

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 $2,384 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