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Published on Oct 24 2024

Farmworker & Laborer

$15.81  per hour
Visa required: H-2A
From Mar 5, 2024 to Dec 5, 2024

Employer

Rodney Buchanan: 1055 Loggy Hollow Rd
Bakersville, NC 28705
United States

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Job description

Christmas Tree Worker: Workers will perform heavy manual labor including but not limited to planting, cultivating, pruning, applying herbicides and insecticides, and fertilizing Christmas trees. Cut, bale and stack fresh-cut Christmas trees by hand. Load fresh-cut Christmas trees by hand. May make wreaths and garland/roping from cut greenery produced on the farm. May operate and perform minor maintenance and repairs on farm vehicles, implements and equipment. May repair fences, greenhouses and other farm buildings and structures. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift and carry 100 lbs. repetitively throughout the workday. Must not hinder another worker’s productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires one month verifiable experience pruning Christmas trees. Workers are expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or worker’s supervisor.

Trabajador de árbol de navidad: Trabajadores llevará a cabo el trabajo manual pesado incluyendo, pero no limitado a la siembra, el cultivo, podada, aplicación de herbicidas y insecticidas, y fertilizar los árboles de Navidad. Cortar, balar y apilar los árboles de Navidad frescos a mano. Cargar los árboles de Navidad frescos cortados a mano. Puede hacer coronas y guirnaldas/cuerda de vegetación cortadas y producido en la granja. Puede operar y realizar mantenimiento y reparaciones menores en vehículos, implementos y equipos agrícolas. Puede reparar cercas, invernaderos y otros edificios y estructuras agrícolas. Realizar tareas de saneamiento de granjas, campos y galpones. Corte el césped y opere la podadora alrededor de los edificios agrícolas. Se prolongada estar de pie, agacharse, doblarse y alcanzar. Trabajo es al aire libre y continúa en todo tipo de clima. Se pueden solicitar los trabajadores a someterse a pruebas de drogas y alcohol al azar sin costo alguno para el trabajador. El incumplimiento de la solicitud o de dar prueba positiva puede resultar en la terminación inmediata. Todas las pruebas ocurrirán después de ser contratados y no es una parte del proceso de la entrevista. Se requieren resultados negativos antes de comenzar a trabajar. Debe ser capaz de levantar y transportar hasta 100 libras repetitivamente a lo largo de la jornada de trabajo. No debe obstaculizar la productividad de otro trabajador. El uso del teléfono celular personal o otro electrónico personal durante las horas de trabajo estrictamente prohibido excepto para llamadas de emergencia o relacionados con el trabajo y violación puede resultar en la terminación inmediata. Se requiere une mes de experiencia verificable laboral podando árboles de Navidad. Trabajadores seran disponibles para hacer las ordenes y el trabajo en cualquier cosecha asignada por el empleador y/o el supervisor del trabajador.

Special Requirements

Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift and carry 100 lbs. repetitively throughout the workday. Must not hinder another workers productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Requires one month verifiable prior work experience pruning Christmas trees. Workers are expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or workers supervisor.

Employer Contact Info

+18284676161

[email protected]

https://seasonaljobs.dol.gov/

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