Maple Tree Farm Laborer
Employer: Carrier Sugarbush, LLC
Location: Somerset County, ME
Workers needed: 8
Pay: $18.83/hour
Season: Nov 15, 2026 – Jun 30, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
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.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
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.
Transport: 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.
Experience wanted: 0 months
See Addendum C
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