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Published on Oct 27 2024

Farm Worker/field Laborer

$15.66  per hour
Visa required: H-2A
From Apr 25, 2022 to Oct 22, 2022

Employer

320 Ridge Road
Cherryfield, ME 04622
United States

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Job description

Manual field laborer duties will include but not limited to working with bees for pollination which includes prior work experience and knowledge of fencing, placing and moving hives, checking hives, repairing bean damages hives daily and removal of hives,(50%), manually changing irrigation guns,(20%) brush pick up by hand,(5%) installing automated irrigation heads and sprinkler system,(15%) hand weed wiping,(10%). Worker should have experience with operating chainsaws, brush saws, tractors, mowers, ATVS, or other farm equipment.

Las tareas manuales de los trabajadores de campo incluirn, entre otras, trabajar con abejas para la polinizacin, lo que incluye experiencia laboral previa y conocimiento de cercas, colocacin y movimiento de colmenas, control de colmenas, reparacin diaria de las colmenas y remocin de colmenas, (50%), cambio manual pistolas de riego, (20%) recoleccin manual de cepillos, (5%) instalacin de cabezales de riego automatizados y sistema de rociadores, (15%) limpieza manual de malezas, (10%). El trabajador debe tener experiencia en el manejo de motosierras, sierras, tractores, cortacspedes, vehculos todo terreno u otros equipos agrcolas.

Special Requirements

Anticipated range of hours for different seasonal activities: Eight hours per day is normal. Workers may be offered more than the specified work in a single day. The worker may be requested but not required to work 12-14 hours per day and/or on the Sabbath or Federal holidays depending on the conditions in the fields, weather, and maturity of the crop. Worker may be requested to work Saturday and Sunday during peak times and special needs but not required. These requirements pertain to both H-2A and U.S. workers. Extreme heat, cold or drought may affect working hours. Employee may work 40 to 50 hours based on special work schedule situations weather and crop conditions permitting.

Employer Contact Info

+12075467573

[email protected]

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(and in some states, more than 8 hours a day), can get paid "time and a half?"

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