Farm Worker

H2ajobs; Edinburg (TX); Sur place; USD 17 000 - 22 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to town

Résumé du poste

H2ajobs is seeking seasonal field workers to harvest citrus and perform grove maintenance in Texas. You will move between trees, use hand tools, and operate basic equipment while loading fruit into bins. The role requires physical endurance and adherence to safety rules.

Housing and meals are provided, with weekly transport options to town. No experience required; training will be provided on-site to ensure proper technique and safety.

Qualifications

• Harvesting citrus in groves, including lifting and carrying filled picking bags.
• Ability to work with hand tools and power equipment safely in outdoor conditions.
• No prior experience required; training provided on job site.

Responsabilités

• Plant, cultivate, and harvest citrus groves; remove sprouts and weeds.
• Repair irrigation, maintain equipment, and fix fences; mowing and ditching.
• Operate tractors and other machinery; load fruit into bins and transport efficiently.
• Work in variable weather and comply with safety regulations.

Connaissances

Harvesting citrus

Ladder safety

Manual labor

Outils

Hoes

Shovels

Shears

Clippers

Loppers

Saws

Forklifts

Tractors

Mowers

Description du poste

Crops: Citrus

Harvest Citrus: Be able to move, place and go up and down on picking ladders and harvest citrus without damaging fruit, filling picking bags and loading into bins or harvest goats (small, open vehicle). Move around the field from tree to tree in possible weather extremes.

Responsibilities include planting, cultivating, and harvesting citrus groves, as well as cleaning up by removing sprouts, debris, weeds, and vines. Workers will also repair irrigation systems, maintain operational structures and equipment, and fix fences. Other duties include mowing and weeding groves, as well as performing ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, and other manual labor. Workers will utilize hand tools like hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws, along with power equipment such as forklifts, tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chainsaws, and skid loaders. Drive and control specialized equipment such as tractors, trucks, pruning machines, and skid steers to perform hedging, topping, and skirting of citrus trees. Manipulate controls to activate, adjust, and optimize cutting mechanisms for precise tree canopy management. Safe operation of agricultural equipment is required, with or without supervision.

Housing: Rental or public accommodations

Meals: For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). Employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining and other common areas are shared by all workers.

Transport: Employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.

Experience wanted: 0 months

Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. NONDISCRIMINATION. All terms and conditions included in the job order will apply equally to all seasonal workers (U.S. and foreign H-2A), employed in the occupation described in this job order. DEPARTURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Employer will advise all foreign H-2A workers of their responsibility to depart the United States upon separation of employment or completion of the H-2A contract period, unless the workers obtain an extension of status