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Overdevest Nurseries, L.P. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Bridgeton, New Jersey
70 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/05/2024 - 12/01/2024.
Crops/Commodities: nursery stock. 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 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, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Perform quality control on inbound outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Lift, carry, and load unload products or supplies. Palletize and stack boxes containers. Use power equipment including, but not limited, to: fork lifts, conveyor belts, and cooling equipment refrigeration units. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean sanitize work station and equipment.
Prepare fields soil for planting. 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 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. Uncover and or recover poly covered winter storage houses. Install and remove poly blankets used for winter protection. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Must be familiar with a range of proper plant names and sufficiently familiar with plant identifications so as to accurately and timely pull orders and then safely load on delivery trucks for local and interstate shipments. Workers will be required to demonstrate their plant identification knowledge through a pre-employment test. Generate written reports. Capable of frequent heavy lifting of plants.
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Drug Screen
- Lifting requirement 50 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov