Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Jeffery Jones · McMinnville, TN

Período de trabajo: 2026-11-15 a 2027-09-15

Horas por semana: 58.0

Condiciones de pago

The H2A wage rate offer will be $14.00 per hour.

Tareas según la fuente

Skill Level 1 Nursery: Planting: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and planting wagons. Workers may be required to work on the ground planting trees that are fed through a tractor pulled planter-using shovels. Workers will be required to dig trees. Workers will also be required to plant trees by hand. Pruning: When pruning, it is vital to prune the unwanted branch while protecting the stem or trunk wood of the tree. While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw, prunes, and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker's wages. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern for each orchard and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard. Workers must remove all resulting material from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment rows. Balled and Burlap (B&B) tree production: Workers may be required to work as operators of skid steers with tree spade attachments or haul out tines. Workers may be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimpling baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine. Bare root tree production: Workers may be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers may be required to work on the ground tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand. Workers will be responsible for identifying, budding & grafting bare root trees and seedlings. Workers will also hoe, weed, and grade bare root trees. Loading and unloading: Workers may be required to work on flat bed trailers tying B&B trees to the trailer with twine. Workers may be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees by hand into refrigerated trailers. Cultivation: Workers may be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mowers or hilling disks. Watering: Workers may be required to water trees by hand using pumps and hoses. Farm Equipment Operation: Workers will drive tractors, mowers, and may use other greenhouse equipment including flat fillers. Workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor and other equipment before driving tractor or using other greenhouse equipment. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operators, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination. General Duties: Duties performed in the field will be sporadic all through the contract due to the various duties, i.e., preparing soil, planting, 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 into fields for transplanting. Worker may unload and restock for storage.

Requisitos adicionales

Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.

Verificación

Información H-2A

Vivienda: Consulta la orden de trabajo · Transporte diario: Consulta la orden de trabajo · Garantía de 3/4: Consulta la orden de trabajo

Cómo postularse

Referrals of individuals will be made through "job holding office" to ascertain employment information. Employer will accept referrals who may apply direct or referred from any other source. Job seekers are to contact the employer Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Answering machine / voice mail if unable to answer phone: ability to return call within two (2) working days. The job seeker will be informed of the terms and conditions of the job by the information contained in the job order. These job orders are entered by geographical/administrative areas within the state. This is done to ensure that local job seekers have equal access to these job opportunities. These offices are referred to as the job holding office. The job holding office will refer all interested applications to the employer with a copy of the job order(s), which contains all pertinent information concerning the job. The employer agrees to interview all US workers referred by DES for; 1.Availability and commitment to work the entire length of the contract 2.Have transportation to the job site 3.Have been fully apprised of the job information, terms and conditions of the job and the nature of the employment 4.Workers state he/she can physically perform the job requirements 5.Ability to provide documentation to complete the INS Form I-9 Job seeker with copy of job order is to contact the employee. Answering machine / voice mail if unable to answer phone: ability to return call within two (2) working days.

Teléfono de reclutamiento: +19319343177

Reclutamiento: jjones18@blomand.net