Think Beyond The Label Jobs

6 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 08/23/2024 - 10/12/2024.

Vineyard: Workers involved in vineyard maintenance may be required to hoe vines, girdle, spread fertilizer, pick up roots and limbs, strip suckers or unwanted growth from vines, dig root suckers, knock or trim fruit off vines, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe, repair and maintain drip system, and strap and tie vines. Workers may be asked to perform varying degrees of canopy management, as well as harvest, prepare, and plant vines/stock/cuttings for new plantings. Worker may be asked to place grape crates into rows or lift protective netting before hand harvest begins. Worker carefully removes bunches of grapes from vine with grape scissors or pruning tool, carefully places the fruit into a crate to specifications until full and not heaping. Worker places full crate onto wagon or walks full crates to end of row, later to be placed on wagon. Cycle repeats until the end of the shift or until supervisor assigns a different task. Crate weighs up to 50 lbs. The duties include hand harvesting without pulling too hard as to damage the fruit or plants, carrying the fruit to a central location, hand sorting grapes on sorting table, and any other duties that are assigned. Workers may be asked to load and operate crate washing machine. Workers may be asked to tie nets which were raised to expose fruit for harvest near top of trellising system. Employer will provide all equipment. Instruction will be given for each task and expectations will be communicated to workers. The expectations for these duties will change based on crop and weather conditions. Therefore, workers will be expected to work diligently. Employer will review workers' productivity at the end of a given pay period and not on a daily basis. If workers fail to keep up with the expected diligent work pace, workers may be offered alternate work, if available, or, after notice, workers may be terminated for cause.

Requirements:

• 3 months experience in duties listed
• Drug Screen
• Lifting requirement 50 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Extensive pushing or pulling
• Extensive sitting or walking
• Frequent stooping or bending over
• Repetitive movements

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov