Farm and agricultural worker

Nursery worker in Lumberton, NJ

Aceasta este o ofertă cu viză H-2A, ceea ce înseamnă că angajatorul a solicitat deja aprobarea pentru a aduce lucrători din afara Statelor Unite.

Angajator: Medford Nursery, Inc.
Unde: Lumberton, NJ
Locuri: 64
Salariu: $16.57 per hour
Viză: H-2A
Începe: 2027-01-18
Se termină: 2027-10-29
Publicat: 2026-11-04

Ce presupune munca

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock including, but not limited to, ornamental shrubs, perennials, roses. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, hammers, utility knives, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants when needed. Apply fertilizers. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building/field/road maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Prepare fields/soil/container-growing area for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant, weed, and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select, harvest, assemble, and prepare plants pursuant to customer needs. Lift, carry, and load/unload nursery stock and/or supplies. Workers will assist in loading/ unloading trucks with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Uncover winter plant storage facilities (‘hoop houses') at the beginning of the growing season, to include: removing 1” x 2” strips of lumber, removing nails, and using machinery to bale plastic covering. Repair hoop houses prior to winter, to include: repairing, removing, and/or adding lumber to hoop house structure, and repairing metal hoops. Cover hoop houses prior to winter. Build new hoop houses, to include: driving metal support pipes into the ground, assembling and installing metal hoops, and installing irrigation lines. Cover and uncover plants with protective frosts blankets as needed during cold weather. On occasion, early morning hours will be required to irrigate plants as a protective measure against frost during cold weather. Work is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during rain, snow, wind, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during rainy conditions not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.

Cum aplici

Aplică direct la angajatorul menționat mai sus. Workmerica nu este o agenție, nu percepe comisioane și nu este implicat în această recrutare.

Deschide oferta originală

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

Cât înseamnă asta pe lună

La 40 de ore pe săptămână, tariful din această ofertă ajunge la aproximativ $2,867 pe lună înainte de impozitare. Acesta este salariul pentru o lună întreagă standard de 173 de ore; orele suplimentare, deducerile și costurile de deplasare nu sunt incluse.

Cum funcționează permisul de muncă în 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.

Publicat de U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification