Agricultural Worker
WINDY HILL APPLE FARM LLC
📍 Castleton, NY · Rensselaer County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26203-117099
- 📞 Phone: +1 (518) 732-5185
- ✉️ Email: operations@gooldhillestate.com
Employer instructions
CONTACT EMPLOYER NEVIANA ZHGABA AT (518) 732-5185 MONDAY-FRIDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 1 PM AND 4 PM OR GO TO THE NEAREST ONE STOP CENTER OR CALL 1-888-708-6712 OPTION 2.
PRIOR TO REFERRAL EACH WORKER SHOULD HAVE SEEN AND READ A COPY OF THE JOB ORDER AND CONFIRM THAT THEY UNDERSTAND ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS NOTED IN THE ORDER. THE WORKER SHOULD BE ABLE TO WORK IN ANY OF THE LISTED JOB ACTIVITIES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EMPLOYER.
WORKERS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLY WITH ALL RULES IN THIS JOB ORDER AND ANY OTHER LAWFUL JOB RELATED EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS. VIOLATION OF ANY RULE IN THIS JOB ORDER AND ANY OTHER LAWFUL JOB RELATED EMPLOYER REQUIREMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION UP TO AND INCLUDING TERMINATION.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Agricultural Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26203-117099
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Manually plant, cultivate, & harvest fruits and vegetables such as apples, pumpkins & grapes. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, & knives. Duties include tilling soil & applying fertilizers and pesticides to crops; transplanting, weeding, thinning, & pruning crops. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings. Set up & operate irrigation equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow & fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray, harvest & haul crops. Repair & maintain farm vehicles, implements & mechanical equipment. Harvest fruits & vegetables by hand. Pick apples for fresh marketing & or processing. Employer will provide 4 days of training. A minimum productivity standard applies; 90 bu boxes of fresh market apples per day. All fruit to be handled with care to avoid bruising. Fruit injured by bruising, not to exceed 4%. Worker must be physically able to pick tree fruit, most of which is done from ladders with lower branches being picked from the ground. Picked fruit is placed in a metal framed picking bucket with canvas straps that slip over the head and rest on the shoulders. Filled bucket weighing up to 40 lbs is emptied into bulk bins with a capacity equal to 20 bushels boxes. Workers required to handle ladders up to 24' long and weighing about 2 lbs per foot. Inform farmers or farm manager of crop progress. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Record Information about crops, such as pesticides use, yields or costs. While working in the fields cell phones are limited to emergency use only. Must be physically able to lift up to 75 lbs on on a consistent basis throughout the day. Due to safety concerns on a farm, workers must understand basic instructions in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of three months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in his order.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 75 lb Drug test |
The employer will provide 4 days of training to allow workers to pick a minimum of 90 bu boxes of apples per day with no more than
4% bruising.
The employer will not guarantee to pay the workers a bonus but reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to offer a bonus or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of the highest applicable rate stated above based on individual factors including but not limited to longevity of employment or exceptional job performance.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | $16.35 (H2A) |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Castleton, Ny) |
| Housing | RT 9 NORTH, LEFT ONTO MAPLE HILL RD, RIGHT ONTO OLD POST ROAD, LEFT ONTO BROOKVIEW STATION RD. NO TENANCY IN EMPLOYER PROVIDED HOUSING IS CREATED BY THIS ARRANGEMENT. THE EMPLOYER RETAINS POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE HOUSING PREMISES AT ALL TIMES. WORKERS PROVIDED HOUSING UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CLEARANCE ORDER SHALL VACATE THE HOUSING PROMPTLY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE EMPLOYER. |
| Meals | WORKERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING HOUSING IN A NEAT, CLEAN MANNER. WORKERS MAY NOT WILLFULLY ABUSE OR DESTROY ANY MACHINERY, TRUCK OR OTHER VEHICLE, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, OR OTHER PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE EMPLOYER OR TO OTHER EMPLOYEES. VIOLATORS WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCHARGE IMMEDIATELY. EMPLOYER PROVIDES FREE AND CONVENIENT COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES SO THAT WORKERS CAN PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS. WORKERS BUY THEIR OWN FOOD AND EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION ONCE A WEEK OR AS NEEDED VIA 5 PASSENGER TRUCK, MKING MULTIPLE TEIPS AS NECESSARY TO ACCOMODATE ALL WORKERS. THIS WILL ASSURE WORKERS ACCESS TO STORES WHERE THEY CAN PURCHASE GROCERIES AND/OR OTHER INCIDENTALS. ALL VEHICLES WILL BE PROPERLY INSURED AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. |
| Daily transportation | Employer will provide transportation, at no cost to the worker, from the employer provided housing to the actual work site and return at the end of the day via a 5 passenger truck, making multiple trips as necessary to accomodate all workers. |
| Travel to the job | Employer agrees to reimburse inbound/outbound transportation and subsistence expenses ($16.78 per day to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts) to each worker or any person, government agency or private organization which on Behalf of the worker has paid or advanced such transportation and subsistence expenses, from the place from which the worker has originated, whether in the US or abroad to the place of employment, after the worker has completed 50% of the stipulated period of employment. |
| Pay deductions | THE ONLY DEDUCTIONS THAT WILL BE TAKEN ARE THOSE REQUIRED BY LAW; SOCIAL SECURITY, FEDERAL TAX, STATE TAX, DISABILITY, & NYS PAID FAMILY LEAVE. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26203-117099 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | VALLEY GROWERS CO-OP |
| Posted | Jul 27, 2026 |