Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery

6 FT Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 2/15/26 - 12/01/26 Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, trees. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): requires a minimum of 3 months of prior experience working in a balled and burlap tree nursery, including specifically the operation of 50+ HP nursery equipment, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, digging, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries. Plant seedlings or liners by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter) using mattock or dibble. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees with shovel or tree spade. Must follow supervisor's instructions on pruning/shearing. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. May be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimping baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine. Workers will be required to work on the ground tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field & loading them onto trucks by hand or machine. Hand dig trees with shovel. Shovel dirt and fill in holes after digging is complete. Loading & Unloading: Required to work on flat bed trailers, tying B & B trees to the trailer with twine. Will be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees by hand or machine into trailers. Assist with farm building/field maintenance & repairs. Saturday work required. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required at random. Requirements 3 months experience in duties listed Drug Screen Lifting requirement 60 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. For assistance with this job order, please email View email address on click.appcast.io. If applicable, please include the interested applicants name and job order number in the email. #J-18808-Ljbffr