Agricultural Worker

Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc.

Eden, NY

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Agricultural Crops, Agriculture, Farming, Food Safety, Gardening, Grocery Stores, Groundskeeping, Hand Tools, Laundry, Order Picking/Packing, Product Shipments, Quality Metrics, Safety/Work Safety, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Training/Teaching
LOCATION
Eden, NY
POSTED
11 days ago
20 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs Available 08/22/2026 - 10/31/2026 Workers will perform duties relating to the planting, harvesting, and field maintenance tasks including weeding, staking, and tying, and field clean-up tasks of all vegetable crops (corn, peppers, specialty peppers, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, broccoli, lettuce, beans, brussels sprouts, and cabbage) as instructed by their supervisor. Perform duties relating to the washing and packing of vegetables harvested on the farm, as instructed by their supervisor. Perform duties including planting, maintaining, packing, and shipping of greenhouse products. Duties may vary from time to time. This work requires harvesting produce while making important decisions based on product size, shape, coloring and ripeness according to prescribed standards. Workers may be required to use hand tools such as knives and shears. Workers will also participate in the cleaning and packing of harvested produce, and the cleaning of packing lines, packinghouse, coolers, and any equipment or tools used for the harvesting, packing, storage, or handling of vegetables & flower deliveries. Workers will also plant, maintain, harvest, pack, ship, and load greenhouse floral or vegetable products in a greenhouse environment. All work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standards, operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending and lifting up to 60 pounds above the head for long periods of time outdoors in all weather, including adverse weather conditions. For food safety and general personal safety practices, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. Three months verifiable experience in commercial conventional fruit or vegetable farming is required. All employees are expected to abide by Amos Zittel and Sons Work Rules. Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (weather on or off the farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach the farm fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis Requirements: * 3 months of verifiable experience required. * Exposure to extreme temperatures * Lifting requirement of 60 lbs. * Extensive walking, extensive pushing/pulling, frequent stooping and repetitive movements 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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Amos Zittel & Sons, Inc.