Nursery Workers
Arlene Resource Management LLC
📍 Buffalo, WV · Putnam County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26183-073556
- 📞 Phone: +1 (231) 468-6046
- ✉️ Email: office@arleneresourcemanagement.com
Employer instructions
Interested candidates are to contact their local State Workforce Agency (SWA). Candidates should be fully apprised by the local SWA office of the terms, conditions and nature of employment prior to referral and may be given a copy of the ETA Form 790 and its corresponding attachments. SWA agents who have screened candidates for all season availability, legality to work in the US, and who are willing, able and qualified to perform the job duties may fax referrals to 231-361-5904; or mail them to 9689 W. Walker Road, Manton, MI 49663. Office hours for applicants are Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Applicants referred on this job order should be advised that they must possess legal, suitable documents to complete Form I-9 as required by USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security.
Person seeking employment as a farm laborer must be available for the entire period requested by the employer, possess 2 months experience hand harvesting fruits and vegetables with verifiable sources, may be subject to a post hire background check at no expense of their own and pass a post-hire free of charge drug test. These steps are intended to ensure that the safety of the work environment and end consumer is not compromised as mandated by the Global G.A.P Audit, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the USDA Good Agricultural Practices & Good Handling Practices Audit. Convictions of criminal conduct that present a potential compromise of food security in accordance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 will be cause for discharge. The employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to the employment service if employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers. Although an international or US drivers license is not required, all applicants must be in compliance with Federal, State and local licensing requirements for safe employer vehicle operation. Applicants who have been disbarred from licensing for multiple DUIs will not be eligible.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Nursery Workers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26183-073556
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
The nursery worker position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting and packing of soft fruit crops. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team based attitude, attention to detail and a high level of accuracy and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the crops grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.
Key Responsibilities Include:
• Trough Filling: Preparing growing mediums for planting.
• Planting: Establishing plants according to production plans.
• Irrigation Setup: Installing and maintaining irrigation systems.
• Crop Care: Performing tasks such as flower removal, leaf removal, and applying biological controls to ensure plant health.
• Harvesting: Picking fruits according to ripeness and quality standards.
• Packing: Packaging fruits for distribution in our packhouse.
• Cleaning and Maintenance: Ensuring all areas of the glasshouse and production site are clean and organized, including end-of-cycle crop removal and site preparation for new planting.
• General Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance tasks and ensuring tools and equipment are cared for.
Stawberries
Workers will remove weeds from around the plants and from the row middles. Workers will bend and stoop to pick strawberries according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers will be expected to pick fully ripe strawberries, discard any cat-faced, deformed, decayed or undersized berries according to supervisor’s instructions. Also, workers must carefully remove any undesirable berries from plant that would later cause fungi to attack the plant. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately twelve (12) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. When full, carried to end of rows at designated truck-loading place. Then the buckets of berries will be inspected for quality and loaded for transportation to roadside market. Depending on market demand, workers may also be required to pick strawberries in cups, clamshells and/or flats. Strawberries harvested specifically for sale at a roadside stand as fresh market specialty basket container must be field graded. For berries harvested for sale at roadside stands, extra care must be used to ensure that each strawberry is undamaged and perfect. All berries must be handled carefully to prevent bruises or fingernail cuts. Pickers will take extreme care not to damage the delicate berries. Quality and workmanship is of the utmost importance. Pre-harvest activities for strawberries may include weeding and transplanting. Workers may be required to perform other tasks maintenance activities in the strawberry operation. When harvest is completed, the workers will assist in removing the strawberry plants from the plastic to prepare for planting the next crop.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test Background check |
Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense.
Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | The pay rate for H2A workers will be at least $10.88 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Buffalo, Wv) |
| Housing | Housing Units are built specifically for compliance with the DOL OSHA standards set forth in 29 CFR 1910.142. The units possess beds, showers, lavatories, and space for storing personal items. There is a shared kitchen with ample cooking and refrigeration, provided appliances, a common dining area and laundry facilities. All utilities are provided free of charge. Employees residing in the housing may have mail directed to their respective addresses. |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. No charge will be made for the provided beds, appliances, cooking utensils and similar items furnished to workers to whom housing is provided. Employer may deduct reasonable repair costs if the worker is found to be responsible for damage to housing beyond normal wear and tear, after the damage has occurred and the worker has authorized the deduction in writing. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) weekly transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. If for any reason the kitchen facilities become unavailable due to fire or calamity, the employer will provide 3 meals per day for which a deduction shall be made until the kitchen facilities become operable. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide free transportation between the employer’s housing and the worksite for any worker who is provided housing. The use of transportation by the worker is voluntary, and no worker will be required as a condition of employment to utilize the transportation offered by the employer. |
| Travel to the job | After a worker has completed fifty percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place the worker came from to the place of work, if such costs are borne by the worker. |
| Pay deductions | The Adverse Effect Wage Rate, the prevailing hourly wage rate, the piece rate, the agreed upon collective bargaining rate, or the federal or state minimum wage rate, whichever is greatest, will be the minimum rate of pay. At the time of submission of this order, the applicable wage is $12.00. The Employer assures that if a change in the AEWR, prevailing hourly wage rate, or federal minimum wage rate requires an increase in the guaranteed minimum, such increase will be paid as of the effective date of the increase. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26183-073556 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Low Country Labor Company |
| Posted | Jul 10, 2026 |