Job Information
Blue Moon Acres Inc Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Buckingham, Pennsylvania
11 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/15/2024 - 12/05/2024.
Crops/Commodities: Organic crops including but not limited to: vegetables, micro greens, edible cut flowers, ginger, herbs.
Jobs offered are working on a diversified organic crop farm performing both manual and mechanized tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Prepare fields soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor or hand tools.
Plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables using hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes, hand snips and knives. Plant roots, seeds and bulbs. Spread plastic or other ground covering. Clean plastic by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand or using mechanical transplanting. Stake tie plants, trellis/prune plants, and set poles and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops by hand or using harvesting machine. Tie vegetables in bunches. Grade, size and field pack product. Take care to prevent damaging produce and plants.
Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.
Cultivate, sort, pack potatoes. Weed fields by hand or with a hoe. Sort potatoes on conveyor belt, removing the damaged potatoes and foreign materials by hand. Maintain clean working environment, shoveling dirt and other debris from work area.
Requirements:
- Lifting requirement 50 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
- Repetitive movements
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov