Farmworker/Laborer
Employer: MJS Harvesting, LLC
Location: Bloomingdale, MI
Workers needed: 9
Pay: $14.45/hour
Season: Aug 21, 2026 – Nov 30, 2026
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Worker will be required to complete the following activities: field preparation and field planting; blueberry new field prep and maintenance tasks; lay plastic mulch; blossom removal from fruit trees; pruning and training fruit trees; general care for fruit trees during growing process such as recognizing blighted branches, trunk painting, placing soap bars on young trees and hand fertilizing; hoe or pull weeds; repair and maintain irrigation systems; drive and operate tractors or other agricultural equipment such as forklifts on farm premises only; drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farmworkers; routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment and tools on farm; complete harvest preparation tasks such as place bins in orchard; hand harvest to quality standards of apples; complete tasks in Christmas tree nursery such as planting, transplanting, harvesting, and burlap nursery stock according to supervisor instructions; complete Christmas tree nursery hand tasks including field maintenance, Evergreen maintenance, tagging, removing cones, bough material, and potting; harvest and bale Christmas trees; use spray guns to add colorant to Christmas trees; sort Christmas trees by size and grade; haul Christmas trees to staging and shipping areas on farm; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks such as pulling stumps, picking up rocks and raking leaves; build and repair trellis; complete tasks at end of season such as remove from the field/orchard plastic mulch, drip tape and stakes. Pay will be hourly and some piece-rate incentives available for specific tasks.
Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent under Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse Workers (45-2092).
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Worker purchases food and prepares meals. Employer offers no cost transportation to worker at least once a week to stores for food and other items.
Transport: Employer will arrange inbound transportation via charter of 48-50 seat bus, 10-20 seat passenger van, or commercial airplane as needed. Worker may select means of transportation to place of employment, however, reimbursement is limited to lesser of per worker cost of Employer provided transportation or most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation cost.
(Inbound/Outbound info continued in Addendum C)
Experience wanted: 2 months
Job requires worker to complete tasks in general farm labor, orchard and field maintenance and hand harvest of apples and Christmas trees; blueberry new field prep and maintenance. Employer will provide instructions and training on specific job duties.
Experience Requirement: 2 month(s) verifiable experience in commercial tree fruit hand harvest or commercial vegetable hand harvest required. Applicants must furnish job references from employers of the last 5 years establishing acceptable prior experience.
Tasks must be completed with a good-faith effort.
Drug testing done at Employer's expense not utilized as a preemployment tool.
Season Commitment: Job offered requires worker be available for and worker agrees to work every day that work is available for entire employment period.
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