Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop Reading, PA 1 DAYS AGO 22443600 Summary Reading, PA $17.99 per Hour 3 Months Experience No formal schooling No Commission 36.00 hours per week / Day, Weekend Shift /Temporary/Seasonal Description This is a temporary position. Dates of employment are 5/25/26 to 1/31/27. To apply for this job order, click apply now and send resume/application to Ashley Shollenberger at Fax number 610-988-1382. Be sure to reference the job order number 22443600 on your resume/application. All resumes/applications are reviewed and only those that match the job specifications are forwarded to the employer for review and interviewed via phone.

Fruit Trees:

Primary job will be harvesting fruit trees and small fruit. Secondary work will be pruning, planting, fertilizing, staking, cultivating, suckering, watering, training, hand thinning, and other general care associated with fruit trees and small fruits. Worker may perform any combination of the following duties: cultivating and otherwise participating in horticultural duties, loading and unloading plants and trees onto trucks, trailers, and wagons. Hauling and spreading topsoil, fertilizer, and other materials to condition land, dig, take, and screen soil. Plant, spray, weed, and water plants, shrubs, and trees. May plant trees and plants in containers or in the ground. May fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing. All equipment is provided by contractor, e.g. ladder, pruners, loppers, etc.

Nursery Work:

Primary job will be propagation of nursery trees, including grafting, budding, and tryping. Secondary work may include cultivating, suckering, stripping, seeding, thinning, weeding, placement & removal of tree clips on buds, planting, pruning, digging, sorting, grading, watering, and other general care associated with propagation and production of nursery trees. All equipment is provided by contractor, e.g. pruners, knifes, ties, etc.

Planting/Cultivating/Harvesting Fruits:

Workers may plant by hand, pick berries from plants, and carry containers and place along rows for collection. May be identified with tasks performed, such as picking, cutting, bunching, and washing with harvested crops such as apricots, cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, apples, blueberries, pears, grapes, quince, etc. Workers will perform all duties to promote market quality development of crops. Workers who qualify may occasionally help with moving trucks, tractors and using forklifts.

Other Related Duties:

Workers may chop weeds from plants with a hoe, apply side dressing to tree wounds, drain fields, prepare apples for juicing, prepare land for planting, maintenance of tools and equipment and other work that is directly related to the crop and activites for which the worker is hired. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities stated above. General farm upkeep and maintenance such as painting, fixing, cleaning, and organizing out building and equipment. Some workers may be responsible stacking produce on pallets. Some workers are responsible for picking fresh fruit. The fruit goes straight to the customer and is not sorted first and is expected to be good quality.

Packing Apples:

Apples will be taken to the packing house where the workers will unload the apples and put it in a conveyor belt that will transport the apples into the packing house where it will be separated by size and variety, labeled and packed. Packing activities may also take place on the field.

Note:

The packing house is located inside the Farm and more than 50% of the product processed is produced by the Fixed Site Employer. The worker in order to perform this kind of work must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in a possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance, working quickly and skillfully with their hands repeatedly. The employer will provide the tools necessary (if applicable) to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of damages and/or replacement of tools and/or equipment if such repair or replacement results from willful neglect or gross negligence after the damage has occurred and after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction Lifting requirement 60 lbs. This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning. Worksite location may include adjacent or surrounding fields. Other Than English Esta es una posición temporal. Fechas de empleo son 5/25/2026 a 1/31/2027.

Para aplicar:

haga clic en "Deseo presentar una solicitud" y envíe por fax su currículum vitae / solicitud a Ashley Shollenberger al 610-988-1382. Asegúrese de hacer referencia al número de publicación del trabajo 22443600 en su currículum / solicitud. Todos los currículos / solicitudes se revisan y solo aquellos que coinciden con las especificaciones del trabajo se envían al empleador para su consideración. La tarea principal será la cosecha de árboles frutales y frutos pequeños. Las tareas secundarias incluirán la poda, la plantación, la fertilización, el entutorado, el cultivo, el rebrote, el riego, el aclareo manual y otros cuidados generales relacionados con los árboles frutales y frutos pequeños. El trabajador podrá realizar cualquier combinación de las siguientes tareas: cultivar y participar en labores hortícolas; cargar y descargar plantas y árboles en camiones, remolques y vagones; transportar y distribuir tierra vegetal, fertilizantes y otros materiales para acondicionar el terreno; excavar, extraer y cribar el suelo; plantar, fumigar, desherbar y regar plantas, arbustos y árboles. Se pueden plantar árboles y plantas en contenedores o en el suelo. Se pueden doblar y grapar formas corrugadas para hacer cajas que se utilizan para empacar.

Nota:

La planta empacadora se encuentra dentro de la finca y más del 50% del producto procesado es producido por el Empleador. Para realizar este tipo de trabajo, el trabajador debe poder trabajar al aire libre durante al menos 6 horas diarias en cualquier condición climática y poseer la fuerza y ??resistencia físicas necesarias, trabajando con rapidez y destreza con las manos repetidamente. El empleador proporcionará las herramientas necesarias (si corresponde) para realizar las tareas descritas sin costo alguno para el trabajador. El empleador podrá deducir el costo razonable de los daños o el reemplazo de herramientas o equipos si dicha reparación o reemplazo se debe a negligencia intencional o grave después de que se haya producido el daño y tras obtener la autorización por escrito del empleado para realizar la deducción. Requisito de levantamiento de 60 libras. Este tipo de trabajo implica condiciones laborales que requieren una gran resistencia, un alto nivel de actividad física en condiciones de frío o calor extremo, bajo la luz solar directa y en condiciones climáticas adversas, como la lluvia. El trabajo requiere un alto nivel de condición física. La ubicación del lugar de trabajo puede incluir campos adyacentes o circundantes. Additional Details How To Identify Potential Job Scams