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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

105

Job Duties:

The farm work position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting of trees. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers may be required to handle items weighing more than 50 pounds; however, objects weighing 75 pounds or more will be handled using team lifting to ensure safe handling. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the crops grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm. The employer intends to use the approximate start dates as follows: • 15 workers-7/13 • 24 workers-8/17 • 59 workers-10/5 Crops Contained in Request: Christmas Trees, Potatoes Cucumbers, Corn and Soybeans Workers may perform the following job duties on any of the commodities listed above and various points during the duration of the contract. Christmas Tree General Workers will perform various duties on a Christmas tree farm which may include planting, cultivating color tinting, baling, hauling, loading, tagging, shearing, baling, hauling, loading, and harvesting Christmas evergreen trees on a Christmas-tree farm. Removes brush, ferns, and other growth from planting area using hand tools such as mattock, brush hook, hoe, axe sling blade. Will hand plant seedlings, using mattock or dibble. May scatter fertilizer pellets over planted area by hand. May spray fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Shears tops and limb tips from trees, as specified by supervisor to control growth, increase limb density, and improve shape. Christmas Tree Harvest Workers select Christmas trees for cutting according to markings or size, species, and grade as directed by the grower or supervisor. Will cut trees using chain saw or axe as directed by grower or supervisor. Will drag trees that range in weight of 75 lbs. and occasionally 100 lbs. from cutting area to field loading area and lift onto mechanical tree bailer to be bailed. Some tree will be harvested as B&B trees. Will load trees onto field trucks or trailers for transport to a central staging area where trees will be unloaded, sorted, and grouped according to size, species and quality specifications as directed by the grower or supervisor. May drive trucks or tractors on an incidental basis, as is the norm in the industry, in and around the field or from the field to central loading areas. Workers will load Christmas trees into box trailers for shipment to market according to supervisor’s instructions. Workers must exercise care not to break or damage limbs of trees when working around and handling trees. Work is physically challenging and will be performed in steep mountainous terrain in varying weather that includes, but is not limited to cold, rain, snow, and sleet.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense. Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Arlene Resource Management LLC

Location:

Manton, MI 49663

Worksite

Address:

1W11121 ALP AVE, Wild Rose, WI 54494

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26127-884535

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

The pay rate for H2A workers only will be at least 12.00 per hour

Date Posted:

5/18/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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