Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Anticipated period of employment: 03/24/2025 to 12/21/2025

This job requires a minimum of three months of verifiable prior experience working in a cultivated evergreen nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be proficient in and familiar with all cultural practices, tools and techniques used in daily operations, including the making of wreaths and roping from greenery produced on the farm, and the operation of compact tractors, nursery mowers, utility task vehicles (UTV's) and skid loaders. Workers must be able to perform all duties of entry level workers, as well as perform additional mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Saturday work required. Must be able lift/carry 100 lbs. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use.

Crops/Commodities: conifer/evergreen trees (field and container), and deciduous trees. Workers will perform heavy manual field work including but not limited to planting, watering, spraying, cultivating, harvesting/cutting and baling trees on a tree farm. Selects trees for cutting according to markings or size, species and grade and fells trees in the production fields (not in the cut-your-own-tree area).Process trees through tree baler and load trees onto trucks for transport. May drive trucks or tractors to transport trees from the field to central loading area. Remove brush, ferns, vines, debris and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks and brush hooks and axes. Plant seedlings or liners' by hand using mattock or dibble (including riding on and inserting liners in a mechanical planter). Load, unload or transplant bare-root nursery stock. Straighten, tie, prune and shear tops and limb tips from trees, as specified by supervisor, to control growth, increase limb density and improve shape. Cut, pull or remove and mow weeds or grass; move irrigation equipment; apply agricultural chemicals: herbicides and insecticides, and apply fertilizer. Make wreaths and roping from cut greenery produced on the farm See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description

Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract Interview required. Employer's agent conducts interviews by phone at time of inquiry or within a reasonable time thereafter. Interviews conducted at no cost to applicants, whether via phone or in-person. Contact Employer 's agent Monday through Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET If unavailable, contact employer directly during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET. Employer Agent: MAS Labor H2A, LLC Referred to 21051163 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.

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