AMVETS Jobs

1 Full Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 06/23/2025 - 11/8/2025.

Crops/Commodities: Apricots, apples, peaches, pears, plums, pumpkins, hay, straw, tomatoes, corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, snap beans. Drive mechanized farm equipment to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops/commodities at farming operation. Use equip't to cut, pull, dig, thresh, clean, chop, bag, or bundle harvests. Load/unload crops/commodities or other materials manually or with mechanized equipment such as conveyors, or hand trucks. Perform tasks including but not limited to: bushhogging fields; disking; aerating; seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); fertilizing, weed spraying, mowing, tedding, raking, baling, and stacking. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Prepare/clear land for planting to remove trash, rocks, or other debris or material that may interfere with planting or harvesting activities. Use hand tools. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, dozers, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chainsaws, bobcats, skid loaders, high lifts, forklift, cultivators conveyor belts, cooling equipment/refrigeration units and trucks or other vehicles. Assist with farm maintenance and repairs. Build/repair trellis. Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins/trays and other containers with product, level bins, and prepare product for shipment to market or storage. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Palletize and stack boxes/containers. Assist with regular maintenance on equipment. Clean/sanitize work station and equipment. Planting: Propagate plants by placing buds/scions. Plant seedlings or 'liners' by hand or with mechanical planter. Clear cull stock, brush and debris. Dig holes and shovel dirt. Tree Training: hoeing, tree painting, weed mat application. Tie/position trees and limbs, together and to trellises, using string, tape, wire or other fasteners and supports. Thinning: Hand thin to control the size and quality of fruit. Remove fruit blossom, bud and/or identifiable fruit from within a cluster of other fruits. Must accurately identify and remove misshapen, damaged or otherwise unmarketable fruit. Pruning: Hand pruning based on fruit variety. Use manual and mechanized pruning tools and equipment. Identify and remove stubs or broken branches, downward-growing branches, branches rubbing against each other, shaded interior branches, dead wood and shoots-suckers. Use/handle ladders up to 18 ft. in length and weighing up to 50 lbs. or perform work on motorized platform. Harvest: Spot and/or strip pick fruit based on seasonal need. Snap fruit off tree with thumb and palm of hand to avoid stem pulls, punctures, bruising, or other damage. Pick culls and peelers. Fill fruit buckets and place fruit in bins. Follow supervisor/foreman's instructions on color/size requirements. Must be able to differentiate between colors and fruit varieties accurately. Grade and pack fruit by hand or with mechanized packing equipment, including but not limited to bagging machines, bin feeding machines, box machines, labeling machines, regular and high stacking forklifts. Sort graded fruit in appropriate containers according to packing instructions. Deliver pallets of finished product to cold storage. Load/unload product. Prepare orders for shipping.

Requirements:

• 3 months experience in duties listed
• Lifting requirement 60 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