Job Information
Geissler Tree Farms, Inc. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Leesport, Pennsylvania
20 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 02/26/2024 - 12/15/2024.
Crops/Commodities: Christmas trees, shade trees, flowering trees. General Duties: Duties performed in the field will include preparing soil, planting, harvesting, pruning, cutting, deadheading, pinching, trimming to shape, spacing plants, potting, fertilizing with granular or liquid fertilizer, cleaning work areas, transporting plant materials in the nursery/greenhouse areas, loading and unloading plants and all other duties associated with ornamental plant production. Between harvesting, workers will be required to perform duties to prepare crops for marketing. Workers will also unload pallets from trucks or wagons onto fields for transplanting. Workers may unload and restock for storage. Workers may also be required to perform work such as performing hand cultivation tasks, weeding or hoeing, cleaning and repairing seed beds, racks, grounds, set up and move irrigation pipes and equipment, gardening and shrubbing.
Workers may be required to perform any of the following outdoor jobs:
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Drug Screen
- Lifting requirement 75 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