Anticipated period of employment: 08/15/2024 to 10/31/2024

All workers should have at least 3 months experience hand harvesting produce on a commercial farm. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers.

Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Apples: Workers will perform various tasks involved in planting, cultivation (including pruning and thinning) and harvesting fruit according to supervisors instructions. Workers will till soil, plant stock, and do pruning activities using a variety of tools. Workers will aid in irrigation duties. Workers will harvest fruit according to color, size, and degree of maturity as specified by supervisor and place into bushel baskets taking the extra time, care, and effort not to bruise or scar the fruit. The following description of job activities applies to apples. Instead of ladders workers may work from mobile platforms. The unit has a motor, and the workers work on a platform where they are harnessed 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 they may call and/or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday- Thursday from 9am to 3pm and referred to NY1502490 as the JO is in connection with this NJ number.

See AOSOS comment section before making any referrals.

Applicants must be made fully appraised of all of the material, terms, and conditions of employment and have indicated, by accepting referral to the job opportunity that he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available for employment. In addition, applicants must receive a copy of this work contract ETA 790/790A prior to referral. If you have any questions, and to receive a copy of the ETA 790/790A, please contact the Order Holding Office manager or the SWA/H-2A contact via e-mail at Dennis.Valentin@dol.nj.gov