Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworker in Lincroft, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 03/25/2024 to 12/28/2024.
This job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable prior experience working in a tree and shrub nursery. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.
Crops/Commodities: Nursery stock, ornamentals, specimen and evergreen trees, shrubs, perennials, flowers. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, mulching, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Remove plastic from seasonal holding houses in spring and cover seasonal holding houses with plastic in fall. Assist with building seasonal holding houses. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Fill, lift and carry various size pots with soil and plants. Plants must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process.
Manual tasks related to the growing of nursery stock will include some combination of the following: Prepare fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; plant seedlings or liners by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); hand dig, load, unload or transplant bare-root nursery stock; straighten, tie, prune and shear trees and shrubs; cut, pull or remove and mow weeds or grass; move irrigation equipment; spray herbicides and insecticides and apply fertilizer. While fertilizing, workers will be expected to pick up and carry 35 pounds of fertilizer and distribute it with a 4-ounce cup. Accurate visual calibration and proper placement of fertilizer is required. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description.
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract contact Employers Monday through Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET. If unavailable contact Employer's Agent: MAS Labor H2A, LLC
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