Farmworker, Laborer
Appleland LLC
📍 Belgium, WI · Ozaukee County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26300-324685
- 📞 Phone: +1 (262) 285-3222
- ✉️ Email: nickbares@applelandorchard.com
Employer instructions
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact their nearest Local State Workforce Agency to inquire about this job opportunity and learn about the terms and conditions. SWAs may only refer for employment individuals who have been apprised of all material terms and conditions of employment and have indicated, by accepting referral to the job opportunity, that he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available for employment. Applicants may also contact the employer for a phone interview between 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday thru Friday.
✉️ 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 Farmworker, Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26300-324685
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
This position involves comprehensive orchard and field management responsibilities. Workers will maintain apple trees through pruning with hand pruners and saws, including ladder work. Additional duties include installing, repairing, and constructing trellises for newly planted apple trees, as well as planting and training trees. Fruit management tasks encompass hand-thinning apples using specialized shears and hand-grafting apple trees. Workers may also clear land of rocks and debris and plant strawberry crops. Irrigation system installation and relocation may be required, along with hand cultivation of pumpkin and strawberry fields. Harvesting responsibilities include hand-picking apples, pears, and plums using picking bags while working from ladders, as well as hand-harvesting strawberries and pumpkins. Post-harvest duties involve hand-packing and sorting apples, with potential requirements to clean and sanitize harvest bins. The role demands the ability to stand and walk for extended periods in challenging weather conditions while safely using sharp instruments, hand tools, and ladder work. Workers are subject to drug screening following any accident, incident, or reasonable suspicion. Failure to comply with or refusal of drug screening results in immediate termination. All drug screening costs are covered by the employer.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
Hours listed in Section A.6 are the anticipated hours to be worked. The employer may offer additional work hours or these hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor, and or productivity. Use of electronic devices during work hours is restricted to emergencies only.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | H2A Wage Rate$15.50 Continued in Addendum C |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Belgium, Wi) |
| Housing | Housing is a custom built stick frame house, red steel siding with a green roof, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and is fully furnished with functioning refrigerators (2) and stoves (2). Housing is owned and operated by Appleland, LLC. Those who are unable to reasonably return home each day, will receive employer provided housing at no cost or deposit. |
| Meals | The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals, this includes basic appliances, pots, pans, utensils, plates, bowls and dish washing facilities for meal preparation etc. The employer will also provide (on a regular weekly basis and at no cost) transportation, to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. |
| Daily transportation | For workers residing in employer provided housing only, employer will provide (at no cost to worker) daily transportation from the housing to the worksite(s) and back each day and to the stores weekly. Workers will be transported by a 12 Passenger 2018 Ford Van and is owned and insured by the employer. Transportation will meet all required regulations. |
| Travel to the job | The employer offers prearranged chartered or commercial bus, van, or plane whichever is the most economical and reasonable means for the distance involved for the inbound and outbound workers travel. See addendum for more information. |
| Pay deductions | All deductions required by law will be made from the worker’s paycheck. Social security, federal and state (if applicable) taxes will only be deducted from foreign H-2A workers upon written request. All workers are subject to reasonable repair cost of damage for the repair/replacement of tools and or equipment and the reasonable cost of negligent damage to lodging facilities and vehicles if worker is shown to have caused the shortage or damage by a dishonest or willful act. This may be charged to worker after damage has occurred and upon employees written authorization to make the deduction. Workers who quit or are terminated for cause prior to completing 50% of the contract will be required to reimburse the employer for the full amounts of advanced and/or reimbursed transportation and subsistence. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26300-324685 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Head Honchos LLC |
| Posted | Nov 4, 2026 |