Farmworkers Crop and Nursery

Overview

14 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 03/24/2026 - 12/05/2026.

Operate tractors and tractor-drawn machinery to perform tasks such as spraying (insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, fertilizer), tilling soil, hauling stone and roots, transporting irrigation pipes, transplanting trees, installing drainage tile, mowing, cultivating, laying reflective materials, hauling apple bins, stacking apple bins, hauling tree bins, installing fencing, pounding trellis poles, cleaning ditches, planting grass seed, and spreading fertilizer. Must be able to inspect equipment and perform routine maintenance, and notify management immediately of any issues with machinery or equipment.

Operate equipment in a manner that protects the operator, visitors, other employees, crops, trees, facilities and equipment.

Orchard work includes planting trees, pruning, building trellis, tree training, hand thinning, picking up stones and roots, building fences, repairing bins, cleaning equipment, cleaning barns, summer pruning, laying reflective material, harvesting apples, and trimming root suckers.

Nursery work includes picking up stones and roots, building fences, repairing bins, cleaning equipment and barns, planting, cutting tops, budding, tying, grafting, suckering, side shooting, staking, taping, counting, stripping leaves, digging trees, packing trees, grading trees, shipping trees, and painting tree codes.

Workers will be expected to operate self-propelled working platforms in both the nursery and orchard, with or without direction, in a manner that protects the operator, visitors, other employees, crops, trees, facilities and equipment. Operate trucks or multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing or main buildings to farm properties; haul tools, supplies, crops, and transport workers between locations around farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach fields and orchards).

Failure to comply with operating and safety standards may result in termination.

All fruit is to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Apples injured by bruising during picking should not exceed 0 percent (WNY) for fresh and 0 percent (WNY) for processing. Productivity must be at least 6 bins (120 bushels) for fresh market and/or 8 bins (160 bushels) for processing fruit per day. Workers will be working in groups of up to 8 workers per self-propelled work platform.

When working in the nursery, all small trees should be handled with care to avoid damage.

When budding/tying trees, you are expected to make a minimum of 135 trees per hour; when grafting/tying trees, you are expected to make 75 trees per hour. Workers are expected to work at least the number of days and hours specified.

Workers will be supervised by one or multiple supervisors. Their quality of work will be inspected frequently to maintain the highest quality required by the employer. Work quality will be tracked during all aspects of the job duties.

Workers must be able to understand and communicate in basic English or Creole.

• Workers referred against this order must have a minimum of 3 months experience in performing tasks described in the order.
• Drug screening requirement.
• Lifting requirement of 60 lbs.
• Extensive pushing/pulling, extensive walking, frequent stooping/bending.
• Repetitive movements, exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Employer will provide 3 days of training and/or allow 3 days of work for workers to reach production standards if applicable.

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA
790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonal jobs.dol.gov. For assistance with this job order, please email H2A.gov. If applicable, please include the interested applicant’s name and job order number in the email.