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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

7

Job Duties:

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, 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; picking, cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Fruits and crops may include apples, peaches, tomatoes, squash, onions, peppers, corn, strawberries, brambles, and cucumbers. Must be able to work outdoors in dusty and dirty conditions, in extremes of heat and cold and in inclement weather. Must be able to crouch, bend, and sit on the ground, and lift and carry items weighing up to 75 pounds. Must be able to listen to, understand and follow simple instructions of field leaders and supervisor. This job requires three months (or 480 hours) of verifiable prior experience. The employer will comply with re-entry restrictions applicable to pesticides and other chemicals used in the fields.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

3 months or 480 hours of verifiable experience in orchard/farm work. During busy planting/harvest season workers may be requested to start earlier and work more than the scheduled 40 hours per week, including holidays. When weather is hot, start and end times may be shifted to earlier or later in the day, depending on crop and weather conditions. Pay rate, raises and/or bonuses, greater than the wage rate listed, may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure. Employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, violates employers work rules (provided to workers prior to commencement of work) or for any other lawful reason.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Mountain Valley Orchards, LLC

Location:

Smithsburg, MD 21783

Worksite

Address:

22549 Jefferson Blvd, Smithsburg, MD 21783

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26037-623721

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

Wage offer for H-2A workers only is $15.90 per hour

Date Posted:

2/7/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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