Farmworkers and Laborers

Overview

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27 full time, seasonal H-2A jobs available 10/20/2025-6/23/2026. 2 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants.

Crops/Commodities: grape vineyards and nursery stock. Work in fields. Prune, plant, and hand-harvest nursery stock. Weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies.

Grapes:
Plant and cultivate grapes. Manage vineyard canopy to permit light and air circulation. Thin fruit and remove shoots, leaves and vines. Performs vineyard maintenance activities including but not limited to weed control and trellis installation and repair. Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or liners by hand or mechanical planter.

Propagate plants from cuttings. Dig plants. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Performs tasks under supervision in vineyard/winery operation. Thin fruit and remove shoots and vines. Tie vines to trellises. Must possess the requisite skills and knowledge of what, when, where and how much to prune on a grape vine. Identify and remove the proper canes and vines while retaining the fruiting wood and renewal spurs.

Must demonstrate and consistently utilize pruning practices that assure vine balance and preserve vine health. Perform manual cutting production.

Work is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures.

Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees

F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations.

The employer may discipline the worker, including brief suspension of work activities/employment for a set period determined by the supervisor or termination of employment as described in the Work Rules. Employer assures that workers will be provided, at no cost, transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulations). Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure.

• Perform in field/manual labor: pruning, planting, hand-harvesting, weeding, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other related tasks.
• Use hand tools (hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, saws) and lift/carry up to 60 lbs.
• Work in grape vineyards: plant/cultivate grapes, manage canopy, prune with correct techniques, tie vines to trellises, and maintain nursery stock.
• Operate under supervision in vineyard/winery operations; perform pruning and production tasks.
• Work long hours in field conditions; withstand extreme temperatures and weather; stand or walk for extended periods; repetitive movements.

• Minimum of 3 months of verifiable agricultural experience in a vineyard handling manual tasks.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures; repetitive movements; extensive sitting/walking; frequent stooping/bending.
• Extensive pushing/pulling; must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.

• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Industries:
  Farming

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