Farmworkers and Laborers Position Available In Wayne, New York

24 Fulltime Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 8/21/2025 – 11/07/2025.A.8a Job Duties Manually harvest apple tree fruits. Use hand tools, such as step ladders, straight ladders (up to 16 feet), pruning shears, and stem clippers.

Duties may include:

By hand/manually prune/thin tree fruits Clean, pack and load harvested products. May be needed to perform other various necessary farm duties/tasks.

Apples injured by bruising during picking/harvesting shall not exceed 1% (WNY) for fresh and 1% (WNY) for processing. Productivity must be at least 4 bins stem clipped (80 bushels) fresh market and/or 5 bins fresh market (100 bushels) 6 bins (120 bushels) processing fruit per day. Workers must meet the productivity standards on a daily basis. Workers who do not meet productivity standards on a daily basis will be provided with additional training. Employer may terminate worker, with appropriate notice, if worker fails to meet listed productivity standards after appropriate training or break-in period.

Employer will furnish to workers, without cost all tools and equipment required in the performance of the duties assigned. Workers should report for work with their own suitable work clothing and foot wear. Field temperature may range from below 0 to 90+ F, with possible wet morning conditions.

Due to both worker safety and food safety concerns, workers must be able to speak and understand basic English to follow directions and communicate safety threats to the farm owner, other workers, and supervisors.

• Employer will provide 1 days orientation training specific to their farm and/or allow 1 days work to reach production standards. Workers must be able to demonstrate that they have the skills described and are physically able to perform said work. Employer may conduct random drug test, post hire, at the employers expense.
• Workers referred against this order must have a minimum of 3 months experience in performing tasks described in the order.

Requirements:

• Workers must have a minimum of 3 months verifiable experience in performing tasks described in the order.
• Employer will provide 1 days orientation training specific to their farm and/or allow 1 days work to reach production standards.
• Employer may conduct random drug tests
• Exposure to extreme temperatures.
• Lifting requirement of 70 lbs. Workers must be able to demonstrate that they are physically able to perform the work as described.
• Repetitive movements, extensive pushing/pulling, extensive walking and frequent stooping/bending.

The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov. For assistance with this job order, please email H2A@labor.ny.gov. If applicable, please include the interested applicants name and job order number in the email.