Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworker in Newfield, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 05/11/2024 to 12/10/2024
All applicants must have 3 months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers.
Manually plant, cultivate, (staking and tying) harvest vegetables, fruits, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Packing House is part of the farm. Prune take cuttings for propagation, load trucks, repair drip irrigation nursery and greenhouse work, transplanting, trimming, spacing, plant propagation, spray, irrigation work, weed, dig ditches, daily farm maintenance, clean production areas and facilities. Plant produce by hand placing into pre-dug holes along rows. Inform managers of crop progress. Workers will Stake and tie. Participate in irrigation activities. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract they may call and/or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday- Friday from 8am to 5pm.
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