39 Fulltime H2A Seasonal Jobs Available 08/24/2026-11/15/2026.
This job requires a minimum of 2 months of prior verifiable agricultural experience working in an orchard, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Manually plant, cultivate, sort and harvest apples. Harvest tart cherries. Grow fruit trees in nursery. Use hand tools such as shovels, towels, hoes, tampers, pruning tools, shears and knives. Use basic equipment such as wheelbarrows, and watering cans. Duties include: weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products. Work in nursery which will include: planting, budding, care of nursery trees, and weeding as directed. Consult trellises, repair fence, and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Clean and maintain irrigation ditches. Cultivate, prune, train and harvest crops.
Workers are expected to use hand tools and basic equipment to cut brush and plant young trees. Workers will be expected to be able to utilize hand tools and basic equipment, under close supervision in a manner that protects the operator, visitors, other employees, crops, trees, facilities and equipment. Agricultural tasks will be closely monitored for quality and accuracy by the employer.
Failure to comply with operating and safety standards may result in termination. Inform farmer or farm managers of crop progress. Pick apples and/or tart cherries. All fruit is to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Apples injured during picking shall not exceed 1 percent (WNY) for fresh and 1 percent (WNY) for processing. Productivity must be at least 6 bins (120 bushels) fresh market and/or 8 bins (160 bushels) processing fruit per day.
Requirements:
* 0-2 months experience
* Lifting requirement of 42 lbs.
* Repetitive movements
* Frequent stooping/bending, extensive sitting/walking and pushing/pulling
* Exposure to extreme temperatures.
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.