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McLaughlin Tobacco Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Southwick, Massachusetts
6 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 05/11/2024 - 09/10/2024.
Crops/Commodities: tobacco, hay straw. Work in fields and barns curing structures performing manual and machine tasks associated with tobacco and hay straw production. Plant, cultivate and harvest tobacco. Set up plants after storms. Chop and top tobacco plants. Cut and lay plants on ground, pick up plants (2-3 each), hand plants to spearer, spear plants onto lath, load into wagon. Pass lath progressively upward in barn and hang lath onto poles, standing at considerable height. Tend charcoal gas fires. After curing, take down tobacco and strip bundle leaves for market. Take care to prevent damaging plants at all stages to ensure wrapper-quality product.
Install maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load unload products or supplies.
Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction.
Clear debris from field and clean maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with farm building field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Bale, stack and load hay.
Requirements:
- 1 month experience in duties listed
- Drug Screen
- Lifting requirement 50 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive Pushing or Pulling
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
- Repetitive movements
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov