Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

44 Seasonal Orchard Workers are needed to begin 08/06/2024 and end 01/10/2025.This job requires a minimum of three months of prior agricultural field work experience, performing manual tasks associated with production and harvest activities. Picking apples: all fruit is hand-picked. Quality is essential. Some fruit is spot picked; no strip picking will be performed. Ladders ranging from 14 ft. to 20 ft. in length and weighing from 35 to 50 lbs. each are used. Care must be taken when picking fruit not to damage or bruise fruit. Properly filled fruit buckets weigh up to 40 lbs. Pickers are required to snap fruit off of tree using their thumb and palm of hand to avoid bruising. Each piece of fruit must be carefully placed in bucket to avoid bruising. Foreman or owner will give demonstrations of how the fruit must be picked; picking requirements will be explained to all workers prior to the season's start. Workers may also be required to work in orchard performing both manual and machine tasks associated with pruning and fruit tree cultivation. Apple production requires regular tree maintenance and pest management to produce quality fruit. Standards are explained and demonstrated to all workers prior to season's start. Farm Workers must obey all safety rules when applying or handling pesticides. Housing provided only to non-local workers (i.e. permanent residence outside normal commuting distance). Only workers may occupy housing. Employers provide separate sleeping and bathroom facilities for each gender. Employers possess and control premises at all times. Workers must vacate housing promptly at the end of contract period or upon termination, in accordance with state law. Work is located in Berkeley county West Virginia. Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer also provides free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). During, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, employer provides, at no cost to workers, daily transportation to and from the designated worksite. Eligible workers that decline employer-provided housing are responsible for their own daily transportation to and from designated worksites. Employer provides, at no cost, incidental transportation between worksites. Employer pays/reimburse foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first work week. For non-commuting workers, employer pays/reimburses reasonable travel costs (transportation, daily subsistence, and lodging if applicable) from the place the worker departed to the employers place of employment. To be eligible for employment, applicants must: be able, willing, and available to perform the specified job duties for the duration of the contract period; Have been apprised of all material terms and conditions of employment; Agree to abide by all material terms and conditions of employment; Be legally authorized to work in the United States; AND Satisfy all minimum job requirements. Note: In view of the statutorily established basic function of the ES as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor oes any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party;