Anticipated period of employment: 03/01/2025 to 11/30/2025

Must have 3 months of verifiable experience pruning, thinning, and hand harvesting tree fruit. Training will not be provided. Workers will be expected to perform manual jobs with accuracy and efficiency through harvest.

Workers will prune trees to remove branches from apple, peach, and nectarine trees. Pruning occurs when trees are dormant before fruit appears, typically from February through April. Workers must be physically able to prune trees, most of which is done from ladders, with lower branches being pruned from the ground. When necessary, workers are required to prune using hand tools while balanced on ladders up to 14 ft. in length and weighing 25 to 40 pounds. Workers must be able to place ladder firmly against or within trees in a secure position so as not to break limbs, maintain balance while working at heights and to prevent slipping or falling. Workers must be knowledgeable about basic pruning concepts, including limb selection, different pruning cuts and when each is appropriate to use, ideal branch angles for training trees in order to improve sunlight distribution and influence crop yield while avoiding severe pruning. Workers use hand saws, pruning hooks, shears, and clippers to prune and manage growth of trees and remove dead branches, foster healing and impede decay by applying healing compound to pruning wounds. 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 contact employer Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm and referred to Job order 20937321 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.

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