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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

3

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: trees, grain, hay. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): This job requires a minimum of three months of verifiable agricultural field work employment experience, preferably on a tree nursery. Workers will be expected to perform manual jobs as well as equipment operation with accuracy and efficiency beginning with planting through harvest. Plant, cultivate and weed as needed. Sprays herbicides and insecticides and applies fertilizer. Helps with irrigation, loads product, cleans around barns. Operates farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store crops. Under supervision, assists with servicing, cleaning and maintenance of trucks, trailers and machinery. seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); fertilizing; weed spraying with spray rig; mowing, tedding. Upon occasion workers may be required to dig ditches and install water lines to sheds, barns, stock tanks and other structures on the farm. Clear debris from field and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Workers will perform heavy manual field work including but not limited to planting, watering, spraying, cultivating, harvesting/cutting and baling trees on a tree farm. Selects and tags trees for cutting according to markings or size, species and grade and fells trees using hand tools. Drags cut trees from cutting area, runs trees through tree baler and loads trees onto trucks for transport, or wrap trees with twine. May drive trucks or tractors to transport trees from the field to central loading area. Remove cull stock, brush, ferns, vines, stumps, rocks, debris and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks and brush hooks and axes. Plant seedlings or ‘liners' by hand using mattock or dibble (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter). Load, unload or transplant bare-root nursery stock. Straighten, tie, prune and shear tops and limb tips from trees, as specified by supervisor, to control growth, increase limb density and improve shape. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Workers with clean driving record and/or insurable driver's license may be asked to drive company vehicles.The vehicles provided to workers (van, SUVs, pick-up truck, etc.) are for multi-purpose use on an as-needed basis (e.g., driving workers from employer-provided housing directly to the farm, around the farm properties during the work day, possibly carrying equipment/supplies with them). This may require workers to operate the vehicles on public roads in order to reach the other locations (no CDL w/ passenger endorsement required). These multi-purpose vehicles have a capacity or less than 13 tons, may be used on or off-farm by the workers (e.g., drive to the grocery store, bank, etc. at their discretion). Workers are not required or expected to arrange for the routine pick-up of other workers or groups of workers on a regular schedule or planned basis (e.g., at housing locations or centralized pick-up points). Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. 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 should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. No smoking or use of tobacco products is allowed on company premises or in company-provided housing at any time.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

This job requires a minimum of three months of verifiable agricultural field work employment experience, preferably on a tree nursery. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Dunn's Pride Holsteins, Inc.

Location:

New Ringgold, PA 17960

Worksite

Address:

31 Zions Stone Church Road, New Ringgold, PA 17960

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25359-510781

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/15/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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