Nursery Workers
Schichtel's Nursery, Inc.
📍 Springville, NY · Cattaraugus County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26197-104376
- 📞 Phone: +1 (716) 725-2061
- ✉️ Email: mds@schichtels.com
Employer instructions
To be considered for employment under this job order applicants must contact the employer in one of the following methods:
7:00am to 3:30pm EST Monday - Friday
By email to mds@schichtels.com
Applicants may also contact the New York State Department of Labor at 1-888-708-6712, option 2.
Employer will verify previous work experience of applicants and contact any references that may be provided. Applicants will be sent by email or standard mail a copy of the job order and work rules for their review and acknowledgment.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Nursery Workers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26197-104376
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Planting: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and planting wagons. Workers will be required to work on the ground planting trees that are fed through a tractor pulled planter, using shovels. Workers will be required to dig trees with digging spades. Balled and Burlap (B&B) Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with tree spade attachments or haul out tines. Workers will be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimping baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine. Bare Root Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers will be required to work on the ground, tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand. Loading and Unloading: Workers will be required to work on flat bed trailers tying B&B trees and shrubs to the trailer with twine. Workers will be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees or shrubs by hand into refrigerated trailers. Workers will be required to locate, identify, select, and load plants or trees onto wagons, trailers, or trucks. Cultivation: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mowers or haling disks. Workers will be required to spray, weed, fertilize and water trees by hand using pumps or hoses. Farm Equipment Operation: Workers will drive trucks, vans, tractors, mowers on nursery property and may use other greenhouse equipment including the flat filler. Load agricultural products into trucks and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Before any worker is required to operate any farm/greenhouse equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of equipment. Workers will be required to operate equipment according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination. Employees operating farm equipment or certain chemical application equipment are required to have or obtain applicable licenses.
See addendum C for additional
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 80 lb Drug test Background check |
See Addendum C for additional.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | H2A workers will be paid $18.75 per hour. Employer may pay overtime compensation at a rate of 1 ½ times the employee’s regular hourly rate for the employees hours worked over 40 for the workweeks ending Sunday Oct 4th to Sunday November 22nd, 2026 |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Springville, Ny) |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free cooking and kitchen facilities to those workers who are entitled to live in the employer's housing so that the workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week, the employer will provide (on a voluntary basis by the workers) free transportation to assure workers access to the closest store where they can purchase groceries. |
| Daily transportation | Workers will be provided daily transportation in Employer-Owned, Employer-Registered and Employer-Insured vehicles, at no cost to workers. This transportation will be provided from employer owned housing direct to worksite and back to the housing, each day. See ADD C |
| Travel to the job | After worker has completed 50% of the work contract or earlier, all eligible workers will have their inbound transportation expenses (including daily subsistence) reimbursed, based on the most economical and reasonable mode of transportation (usually bus, airplanes, etc.). See Addendum C... |
| Pay deductions | No deductions other than certain New York State taxes which may only be applicable to certain workers, including Paid Family Leave and Disability. Workers who will be employed for less than 26 consecutive weeks, with this employer, may waive the deductions for Paid Family Leave and Disability. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26197-104376 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Posted | Jul 21, 2026 |