Shire Jobs

9 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 4/15/2024-11/1/2024.

Crops/Commodities: tomatoes, corn, peppers, squash, and greens.

Duties: Workers will transplant plants, hand cultivate and hand weed as needed. Workers will hand pick vegetables as they ripen. Considerable stooping and kneeling is required. Care must be taken to prevent damaging produce and plants. In addition to transplanting and harvesting the produce, workers may be required to perform variable tasks relating to produce production such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hand hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, hand weeding and other tasks related to general farming.

Workers will be expected to perform the following tasks: safe and efficient operation of tractors from 20 to 160 horsepower, with or without implements necessary for soil preparation, transplanting and plasticulture use applications, including attaching and operating the implements as well as general maintenance of the equipment. Fieldwork to include planting, equipment operation and driving tractors on steep mountain terrains. Plasticulture transplantation techniques and drip irrigation, preferably in hard clay soils. Installing and maintaining electric fence, including clearing and placement in wooded areas.

Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with packaged product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time.

Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations.

Workers may drive pick up truck in fields. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may transport other workers in pick up trucks in conjunction with farming operations.

Requirements:

• Minimum of three months of verifable experience working on a diversified crop farm handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities.
• Lifting requirement of 60 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Repetitive movements, extensive pushing/pulling, frequent stooping/bending, extensive walking.

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov.