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Summitt Forests, Inc Forestry Labor in Denver, Colorado
Employer is looking to fill 100 Forestry Worker positions. This is a temporary, full-time seasonal position from 4/1/2025 to 11/30/2025.
Requirements: 3 months Commercial Brushsaw/Chainsaw experience. At least 18 due to travel. Able, willing and qualified to perform work described and be available for the entire period specified and work throughout all areas of intended employment. Employer Notes: Begin/report to work in Pheonix, Jackson County, OR 97535, at $25.15 per hour.
Employer will transport workers daily between report to work address and additional worksites: (Tentative Itinerary - continue throughout various counties/areas) within the States of: AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KY, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV and WY. Show proof of legal authority to work in the US. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work zone. Worker may have random drug/alcohol testing during employment: positive test/refusal to abide equals dismissal. Possible background check post hire at employer's expense.
Job Duties: Raising and Transporting seedlings, sort tree seedlings, discarding substandard seedlings, according to standard charts or verbal instructions. Plant: Seedlings/trees, Spray or inject vegetation with insecticides to kill insects or to protect against disease or with herbicides to reduce competing vegetation, or to enhance growth. Trim trees or other vegetation; cut trees or logs. Pile, chip or lop and Scatter created slash. Maintain equipment to be used in the field. Under the direction of fire suppression officers or forestry technicians: fight forest fires or perform prescribed burning tasks, fire protection and or suppression via clearing/disposing of brush, piling and digging line/construction fire breaks. Incidental driving and other related Forestry Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-4011 (onetonline.org). Work is performed outdoors, exposed to weather; perform physically strenuous labor for long hours, occasionally in extreme heat or cold. Walk substantially (up to 15 miles/day), also stoop, bend while carrying a pack (up to 50lbs) thru rough ter
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6:00AM to 2:30PM. Offering 40 (plus) hours per week; not including applicable lunch and/or breaks. Possible weekend/holiday work. Start/end times, offered hours and /or Overtime could vary as they may be dependent upon other factors such as project/schedule/service needs, weather and commute time between worksites (if applicable). Varying weather conditions apply; hours may fluctuate, possible downtime and/or OT. Employer will comply w/all applicable Federal, State and local employment-related laws and regulations such as wages, breaks, hours worked, and OT hours (OT possible, but not required or guaranteed). Wage: $12.95 per hour up to possible $45.00 per hour. OT $19.43 per hour up to possible $67.50 per hour. Wage may vary based on Experience and/or location worked. Will use single workweek as standard for computing wages due. Wage paid every 2 weeks. All deductions required by law.
Compensation Salary: Job Requirements Education Required: None Minimum Age: 18 Gender: N/A 25.15 to 45.00 $ per Hour, DOE Additional Benefit Information: Health and Welfare benefits may apply. At Employer's sole discretion: possible raises and/or bonuses based on individual factors such as work performance or skill (not guaranteed); possible cash advances (if applicable/requested by worker, potential deduction from work
The worker will be offered a total number of work hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays of each 12-week period. All work will be done with employer provided tools, supplies and equipment w/o charge or deposit.
Optional, shared housing avail at no cost to the worker. Any worker who voluntarily abandons employ is not entitled to payment for outbound transportation or full 3/4s Guarantee described.
Inbound and Outbound Transportation (Initial Arrival & Contr ct Completion/Subsequent Departure): The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at the rate required at the time of travel (currently $15.88/day during travel to a maximum of $59/day with receipts).
Transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed (by check in 1st work week) for cost from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the US or abroad, to the place of employment. Will reimburse the H-2B worker in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing and other related fees, including those mandated by the government, incurred by the H-2B worker (not including passport Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker's reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer.