IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WAGES FOR TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL JOBS
The Department of Labor recently announced new minimum wage rates, called Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs), that employers must offer and pay, at the time work is performed, to nonimmigrant H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment beginning on the effective date of the new wage rates. To see the new hourly AEWRs for non-range occupations (effective January 1, 2023) and the national monthly AEWR for herding or production of livestock work on the range (effective January 1, 2023), please visit: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/wages/adverse-effect-wage-rates
Farmworker/ Laborer
Holmberg Orchards, Inc
Gales Ferry, CT
$16.95 per hour
Recruitment Information
- Telephone Number to Apply:
- +18605752888
- Email address to Apply:
- russell@holmbergorchards.com
Job Description
- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- Workers will manually plant, cultivate and harvest fruits & vegetables. Harvested fruits & vegetables shall be picked into buckets. For fruits, most of the time this is done while standing on ladders or on moving platform. Harvested fruits and vegetables shall be transferred by hand into bins/box. Use of hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning shears, scissors and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and fertilizer application; transplant, weeding, thinning or pruning crops; mowing/trimming invasive grass & brush within orchard, application of pesticides; cleaning, sorting, grading, packing and loading harvest products, repair of trellis and fences along with other general related orchard work. 3 months verifiable experience in fruit tree harvesting &vegetable work required. Workers must be able to lift 50 pounds, be able to communicate without line of sight and have good balance and experience working from ladders and or moving platforms.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The job/industry classification and description includes general information on the position from ONET/OES and the North American Industry Classification System. Please review Job Duties and Job Order for more information.
Job Requirements
- Experience Required:
- Yes
- Months of Experience Required:
- 3
- Special Requirements:
- Hours listed in Section A.6 are the anticipated hours to be worked. These hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor, and or productivity.
- Number of Hours Per Week:
- 40
- Work Schedule (Start/End time):
- 7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Employer Information
- Company Name:
- Holmberg Orchards, Inc
- Location:
- Gales Ferry, CT 06335
- Telephone Number:
- +18605752888
Worksite
- Address:
- 12 Orchard Lane, Gales Ferry, CT 06335
Job Order Details
- ETA Case Number:
- H-300-23010-691772
- Multiple Worksites:
- No
- Additional Wage Information:
- A worker can earn bonuses and/or wage increases based on performance and length of service with the employer, this benefit is at the sole discretion of the employer.
- Date Posted:
- 1/18/2023