

Job Information
Sernak Farms Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Weatherly, Pennsylvania
9 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 5/1/2025 - 12/15/2025.
Crops: Cabbage, Peppers, tomatoes, Sweet corn, Cucumbers, Pickles, Red Beets, Green & Yellow Beans, Eggplant, Zucchini, Squash (Winter & Summer), other vine crops, Pumpkins, Hay, Straw, Field Corn & Trees.
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect workers ability to perform the work described herein.
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.
Vegetables: Workers will plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will perform duties in the greenhouse as a pre-planting activity. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees
Packing Operation
Grading Working carefully remove any leaves and defective vegetables as defined by grading supervisor as vegetables move across grading tables. Vegetables must be handled carefully to avoid bruises or fingernail cuts.
Fillers Workers box the graded product in appropriate containers by attending automatic filler or by hand as necessary according to packaging instructions disclosed by the supervisor.
Special Packaging Workers may be required to custom fill trays and marketing gift packs according to supervisors instructions.
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Post-hire random drug testing at no cost to the employee
- Lifting requirement 75 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing or pulling, 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