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NJ Employer Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Northport, New York

Anticipated period of employment: 05/01/2025 to 11/05/2025

3 months verifiable experience required.

Manually prune, plant, cultivate, & harvest fruits, apples, pears & peaches. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Workers will have to conduct general orchard work including but not limited to filed work, pruning and maintenance of fields, trees and farm equipment. Use tractors & trucks on farm property to move equipment, & supplies and do mowing. Duties include tilling soil & applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops. Construct deer fence & trellises; and repair fences & farm buildings. Picking stones by hand. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Clear & maintain irrigation ditches. Stack boxes in the cooler and onto pallets. Harvest fruits by hand. 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 by phone Monday through Friday during the hours of 10:00 AM - 5300 PM ET. Referred to NY1525907 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.

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