All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform the work described in this job description and must be available for the entire period of employment specified in box 3 & 4, page 1. Workers are needed to raise and care for our honeybees. The worker will build and maintain beehives, extract and bottle honey, remove hive parasites and maintaining the health of the hive. Workers will assemble beehives to the desired specifications, force bees from a hive using a smoke pot to inspect the hive, destroy excess queen bee cells to prevent the division of a colony, treat hives for parasites and remove vermin, extracting honey from beehive frames. Workers will also cultivate queen bees to sell to other apiaries as well as split colonies. Workers will perform other farm-related duties such as carpentry and other basic woodworking tasks. The employer will furnish to workers without cost all tools and equipment required to perform assigned duties. Workers must be able to work in various extreme weather conditions from damp and cold spring and fall days to hot and humid summer days. Work is physically demanding requiring workers to stand, bend, stoop, and kneel for extended periods of time, as well as kneeling or work on knees during specified tasks. Workers may require to work 7 hours shift within the hours of 8:00am - 7:00pm. Worker will be given at least 30 minutes for lunch. Workers must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis. Workers must be available for work Monday through Saturday. Worker must be able to supervise the work of other workers and train how to work bees. The ability to stay calm under pressure is a must. Workers may operate trucks or other multipurpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off farm) to the farm properties, haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis. Driver's license is required. Work will start in South Carolina on March 11, 2024, then will travel to Vermont on May 5, 2024. The worker will stay in Vermont until the end of the work period on October 30, 2024.
Worker will start job duties in SC then be transported to VT in May at no cost to the workers for the remainder of the job order. Worker will supervise 3 workers.
The employer will reimburse the H-2A worker in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government, incurred by the H-2A worker. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse the worker for transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work. Upon completion of the work contract or where the worker is dismissed earlier, employer will provide or pay for worker's reasonable costs of return transportation and subsistence back home or to the place the worker originally departed to work, except where the worker will not return due to subsequent employment with another employer. The amount of transportation payment or reimbursement will be equal to the most economical and reasonable common carrier for the distance involved. At the port of entry, the workers will be provided at no cost, ground transportation by common carrier to place of employment. And such transportation will be provided to the worker on their return trip to their country of origin. Worker will be transported from South Carolina on May 5, 2024, to the state of Vermont in a private owned vehicle by the employer registered in the state of Vermont. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $15.46 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts.
