Maple Tree Tapper, Farm Laborer

North Maine Maple, Inc.; Skowhegan (ME); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Onsite meals

Job summary

H2ajobs in the United States, Maine, seeks a seasonal, full-time maple sap farm worker to harvest maple sap on a remote farm in Northern Maine. You will clear brush, install, replace, maintain and remove tubing systems, tap trees, and monitor sap flow, with extensive outdoor work in winter conditions.

Housing is provided onsite; meals are provided when onsite accommodation is used. Transportation and visa details are described in Addendum C; 1 month experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 1 month.

Responsibilities

• Harvest maple sap.
• Clear brush and maintain tubing systems.
• Tap maple trees and monitor sap flow.
• Install, replace, maintain, and remove tubing.
• Pull taps at season end and clean/store equipment.

Job description

Seasonal, full time job in a remote area of Northern Maine working on a maple sap farm performing duties related to harvesting maple sap. All tools and equipment necessary will be provided by the farm owners. Workers will clear brush, install, replace, maintain and remove tubing systems, tap maple trees, evaluate the health of sugar maples for potential sap production, monitor sap flow levels in tubing, pull taps at the end of the season and clean and store equipment. This is outdoor work performed in part during harsh winter temperatures and conditions, and includes extensive walking and frequent stooping.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: EMPLOYERS OFFERING WORKERS ONSITE ACCOMMODATION WILL PROVIDE WORKERS WITH FREE AND CONVENIENT COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES FOR WORKERS, ONSITE, TO PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS. WORKERS WHO ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR RESIDENCE THE SAME DAY CAN CHOOSE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN MEALS OR THE EMPLOYER CAN ARRANGE MEALS TO BE PROVIDED FOR THEM. EMPLOYER MAY DEDUCT $16.78 FROM THE WORKER'S WAGES, PER DAY, FOR PROVIDED MEALS.

Transport: IF THE EMPLOYER HAS NOT ALREADY ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE COSTS TO THE WORKER, AFTER THE WORKER COMPLETES 50% OF THE WORK CONTRACT PERIOD, THE EMPLOYER WILL PAY THE WORKER FOR REASONABLE COSTS INCURRED BY THE WORKER FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DAILY SUBSISTENCE FROM THE PLACE FROM WHICH THE WORKER CAME TO WORK FOR THE EMPLOYER, WHETHER IN THE U.S. OR ABROAD, AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED BY THE WORKER FOR OBTAINING A VISA, AND UPON COMPLETING THE CONTRACT OR BEING DISMISSED EARLY, RETURN.

Experience wanted: 1 months

See Addendum C