Agricultural Equipment Operators

A. Zimmerman & Sons, Inc. • Highland, NY • 5d ago

6 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Job available 08/15/2025- 11/15/2025.

Manually plant, cultivate, & harvest fruits such as; apples & pears. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include tilling soil & applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil or to plant, cultivate spray & harvest crops. Pick apples & pears for fresh marketing and/or processing. After 4 days of training/break in period employer will expect worker to pick at least 80 bu boxes per day of fresh market fruit. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising shall not exceed 4% as defined in the US standard for grades. Thin blossoms and immature fruit. Prop limbs to prevent breakage. Operate frost protection equipment. Workers must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders, with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metalframed canvas covered picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket, weighing up to 60 lbs. is emptied into bulk bins with a capacity equal to 20 1 bushel boxes. Worker required to handle ladders up to 24 long and weighing about 2 lbs per foot. Under direction of supervisor, worker will perform any combination of tasks involved in the operation of tractors and farm machinery to plant, cultivate, spray and/or harvest apples and pears. Attach farm implements to tractors and drive tractors in fields to prepare soil, plant, fertilize, mow grass, cut brush, plant young trees, spraying fruit trees and plants and/or harvest crops. Make adjustments and minor repairs to machinery. Mix chemical ingredients for weeds. Remove excess growth using pruning saws and clippers. Irrigate soil. Must be physically able to lift up to 75lbs on a consistent basis throughout the day. While working in the field, phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Due to health and safety concerns and operation of equipment on our farm, workers are required to have the ability to comprehend simple instructions in English. Inform farm manager of crop progress. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of three months verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in this order.

Requirements:

A minimum of three months verifiable experience necessary in the aforementioned.

Must be physically able to lift up to 75 lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day.

Driver Requirements

Exposure to extreme temperatures.

Repetitive movements, extensive sitting/walking and frequent stooping/bending over.

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.

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