Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Cohoes, New York
Anticipated period of employment: 03/20/2025 to 11/30/2025
This job requires a minimum of three 3 months of verifiable prior experience working in a nursery/greenhouse operation handling both manual and mechanized tasks associated with commodity production and harvesting activities. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 70 lbs.
Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, including trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, house plants, and seedling vegetable plants. Job duties include any combination of seasonal agricultural tasks: planting, cultivating, hoeing, transplanting, fertilizing, propagation, preparing soil, weeding, thinning, spraying and watering, mowing fields, digging, mulching, tagging plants. Prepare fields/soil/container-growing area for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant, weed, and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. 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 Interview required. Employer's agent conducts interviews by phone at time of inquiry or within a reasonable time thereafter. Interviews conducted at no cost to applicants, whether via phone or in-person. Contact Employer 's agent Monday through Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00
PM ET If unavailable, contact employer directly during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET.
Employer Agent: MAS Labor H2A, LLC.
Referred to NY1521352 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.
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