Construction worker

Farmworker / Laborer in The Dalles, OR

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Webster Orchards Inc.
Where: The Dalles, OR
Places: 46
Pay: $15.55 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-05
Ends: 2027-10-01
Filed: 2026-11-03

What the work involves

This application encompasses multiple start dates of need. The employer anticipates the following ranges of start dates in addition to the date listed in Section A.3: *01/05/2027 *05/15/2027 *06/10/2027 These supplemental ranges of start dates are subject to change due to weather, crop and market conditions, and other factors. This job requires fruit harvesting by the worker. Crops: Pears and cherries. These crops listed may or may not be planted, and the employer is not limited to only these crops listed. PRUNING: Pruning numerous varieties of apple, pear, apricot, and cherry trees according to established company procedures based on the difference in the treatment of different varieties. Work will be performed on trees for long periods of time using a variety of pruning equipment, including hand shears, hand loppers, power pruners, chainsaws, hand saws, and 10 ft. or 12 ft. ladders. Pruning may be done from the ground or a ladder up to 12 feet in height or from a motorized platform. Workers may be required to selectively prune only trees of a certain size and color as instructed by the crew boss. *Remove signs of diseased wood; *Remove crossing branches; *Remove any badly placed or spaced branches; *Remove old water shoot branches; *Thin branches where your tree is still overcrowded; *Remove or shorten inward-facing branches; dehorning and *Spur pruning Workers are expected to possess or acquire pruning skills in order to identify and remove stubs or broken branches, downward-growing branches, branches that rub against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood, and shoots/suckers with hand pruning saws and clippers and mechanized equipment in pruning activities. Workers will care for young non-producing fruit trees, including weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, planting trees, hand fertilizing, and growth selection by hand and clipping. Training of fruit trees to trellis, including clipping and tying limbs and shoots to wire training and limb positioning of fruit trees. Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new orchard properties and maintain already established properties by clearing property, planting trees, building trellises, planting trees and orchard development, repairing and spreading composted material, and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of new orchard properties. Farm cleanup tasks include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, and other hand tasks.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

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

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,690 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in 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.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification