Maple Tree Farm Laborer
Carrier Sugarbush, LLC
📍 Somerset County, 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-300-26244-207223
- 📞 Phone: +1 (418) 957-4613
- ✉️ Email: carriersugarbushllc@outlook.com
Employer instructions
QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY MR. SIMON CARRIER OF CARRIER SUGARBUSH, LLC. APPLICANTS MAY CONTACT MR. CARRIER BY TELEPHONE: 418-957-4613 OR BY EMAIL AT
CARRIERSUGARBUSHLLC@OUTLOOK.COM. MR. CARRIER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PHONE INTERVIEWS FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY, BETWEEN 09H00 AND 17H00. REFERRALS WILL BE MADE BY MAINE CAREERCENTER LIKE NORTHERN KENNEBEC CAREERCENTER, 23 STANLEY RD, HINCKLEY, MAINE 04944. TELEPHONE: 207-474-4950.
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Subject: Application for Maple Tree Farm Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26244-207223
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Seasonal, full-time, job in a remote area of northern Maine performing duties related to harvesting maple sap and to the preparation of new crops of trees and farmland for the harvesting of maple sap. All tools and equipment necessary to the work will be provided by the farm owner. Workers will install, replace, maintain tubing systems, tap maple trees, evaluate the health of sugar maples for potential sap production and monitor sap flow level in tubing. Workers will use tools and equipment to gain access to new crops of trees, to facilitate the installation of tubing systems in new production areas, pull taps at the end of the season and clean equipment. This is outdoor work performed in part during harsh winter temperatures and conditions and includes extensive walking and frequent stooping.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
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| Experience | Not required |
See Addendum C
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Somerset County, Me) |
| Housing | Water, electricity, heating, flush toilets, laundry machines, washbasin, shower, kitchen facilities, garbage container, fire extinguisher and first-aid kit. |
| Meals | EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE WORKERS WITH FREE AND CONVENIENT COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES, ONSITE, TO PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS. WORKERS WHO ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR RESIDENCE THE SAME DAY CAN CHOOSE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN MEALS OR THE EMPLOYER CAN ARRANGE MEALS TO BE PROVIDED FOR THEM. EMPLOYER MAY DEDUCT $16.78 FROM THE WORKER'S WAGES, PER DAY, FOR PROVIDED MEALS. |
| Daily transportation | PER 655.122(h), THE EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE FREE DAILY TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN PROVIDED HOUSING AND THE WORKSITE(S). TRANSPORTATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY LICENSED DRIVERS, IN SAFE, INSURED VEHICLES, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE EMPLOYER WILL PAY WORKERS USING THEIR OWN TRANSPORT AND NOT STAYING IN PROVIDED HOUSING REASONABLE COSTS UPON COMPLETION OF 50% OF THE WORK CONTRACT. |
| Travel to the job | IF THE EMPLOYER HAS NOT ALREADY ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE COSTS TO THE WORKER, AFTER THE WORKER COMPLETES 50% OF THE WORK CONTRACT PERIOD, THE EMPLOYER WILL PAY THE WORKER FOR REASONABLE COSTS INCURRED BY THE WORKER FOR TRANSPORTATION AND DAILY SUBSISTENCE FROM THE PLACE FROM WHICH THE WORKER CAME TO WORK FOR THE EMPLOYER, WHETHER IN THE U.S. OR ABROAD, AS WELL AS COSTS INCURRED BY THE WORKER FOR OBTAINING A VISA, AND UPON COMPLETING THE CONTRACT OR BEING DISMISSED EARLY, RETURN. |
| Pay deductions | Workers will be paid for all hours worked at the wage rate in effect at the time the work is performed. As required at 20 CFR 655.122(I) and per section H-2A of the INA. The required wage may be different than it is at the time of the filing of this job order. The employer will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Workers will be paid bi-weekly. Federal and state taxes will be deducted, as well as meals, if applicable. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26244-207223 |
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| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Dreher Law |
| Posted | Sep 18, 2026 |