Maple Tree Tapper, Laborer
Claude Rodrigue and Son Sugarbush
📍 Jackman, ME · Somerset County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26224-163939
- 📞 Phone: +1 (207) 668-4110
- ✉️ Email: claude@arnoldfarm.me
Employer instructions
Usually, after speaking over the phone, we ask to meet the workers and give explanations about the job. We are present at the farm every week day. Hiring is done by the employer. Applicants may be requested but not required to meet in person. Call 207-668-4110 between 8am and 4pm ET
✉️ 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 Maple Tree Tapper, Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26224-163939
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
- A lot of walking, a lot of snowshoeing;
- Tubing repair, installation, maintenance;
- Walking, carrying tools and materials, 20 lbs;
- Work in cold, hot, rain, snow, wind, which is normal weather here;
- Shoveling lines under the snow;
- Tapping the trees, removing the taps from the trees;
- Install new spouts, new droplines, keeping the tubing system up to date;
- Cutting brushes, branches, dead trees;
- Maintaining, cleaning, repairing equipment and buildings;
- Other tasks related to maple sap.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 1 month |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 40 lb |
- Taking pride in quality work;
- Attention to detail;
- Punctual;
- Positive attitude;
- Capacity to deal with weather;
- Good sense of orientation in the woods;
- Skills to work with hand tools
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Jackman, Me) |
| Housing | 13x64 trailer with 6 bedrooms, a bathroom and a common kitchen. Has water, power and sewer. Water was tested potable. 2 bedrooms in the main Sugarhouse building |
| Meals | There is a grocery store in Jackman. Employer will provide a minimum of 16.78 per day and a maximum of 68.00 per day for workers with documentation of actual expenses. Housing includes a kitchen with cooking tools to prepare their own meals. |
| Daily transportation | Farm housing is located on the farm. Transport to grocery store or post office or other is provided when reasonably needed, at no cost to the worker. Thursday 3 workers will go on an errands run and then Friday the 3 other workers will go on an errands run. Truck will have seatbelts and meets all applicable state and local laws. |
| Travel to the job | Employer takes charge of the workers transportation from the place he lives to the farm at the beginning of the contract and from the farm to the place he lives at the end of the contract. We reimburse bus tickets bought by workers and buy plane tickets for the workers. And also provide the meal allowance from the day of departure from the place he lives to the day he returns home at the end. Employer also takes charge of paying hotel if an overnight is needed during travel. |
| Pay deductions | Federal Tax Maine State Tax |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26224-163939 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Posted | Aug 27, 2026 |