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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

7

Job Duties:

The primary crop activity on this farm is the hand harvest of tree fruits. (apples, peaches, pears, cherries, and plums) Workers will be pruning apples, cherries, plums and peaches. Planting and weeding around trees, grafting trees, cultivation and harvest asparagus and berries. Harvesting of fruit. Workers must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is from ladders with lower branches picked from ground. Picked fruit is placed in metal framed canvass covered picked bags with canvass straps that slip over the head and rest on shoulders. The picking bag when filled weighs up to 50 pounds and is emptied into bulk bins with capacity of 20-bushels. Workers are required to handle ladders up to 24 foot long weighing up to 2 pounds per foot. Workers may be instructed to selectivity pick mature fruit according to size, color, and other USDA grade standard factors. Applicants need to have one month experience in the hand harvest of fresh fruit and must have experience in the summer trimming of apples and peaches. Workers need to have experience grafting trees.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

1

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Tower Family LLP

Location:

Youngstown, NY 14174

Worksite

Address:

1709 Youngstown Wilson Road, Youngstown, NY 14174

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26013-554761

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/27/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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