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Garcia Forest Service LLC Seasonal Forestry Worker in Cass Lake, Minnesota
Garcia Forest Service, LLC is hiring 15 forestry worker positions to work in Itasca, Steele, Crow Wing, Chippewa, Hubbard, and Cass County, Minnesota. This is a temporary, full-time seasonal position from April 1, 2025 October 31, 2025. All applicants must be able, willing, qualified to perform work described and be available for the entire period specified. Possible duties: dig holes to plant seedling trees without J or U root, carefully secure seedling with soil, maintain seedling growth by spray, hand prune, maintain surrounding vegetation, pile/remove debris, identify disease/undesirable trees and remove them, thin and space trees with the use of power saws and hand saws. Maintain tallies of trees examined. Job duties require moving your entire body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping and handling of materials. Extensive walking through rough terrain. 3 months brushsaw/chainsaw experience required. Employer will provide all tools, supplies, equipment required without charge or deposit. Employer will coordinate and secure optional housing, but workers will be required to pay for room and board ($60-$70/week). Elected housing will be paid by worker directly to housing provider. $17.72/hour.. Overtime Wage $26.58/hour. Wages may vary. 7 hours/day. M-F. 35 hours/week. 8am-3pm. Variable weather conditions apply; hours may fluctuate, possible downtime or overtime, possible weekend/holiday work. The wages offered equal or exceed the highest of the prevailing wage or the Federal, State, or local minimum wage. Will use a single workweek as its standard for computing wages due. Wage paid every week. All deductions required by law will be done by the employer. Transportation: Transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed(by check in the first work week) for cost from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad, to the place of employment. 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 distances involved. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of $15.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59 per day with receipts. Will reimburse the H-2B worker in the first workweek for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government (not including passport). 3/4s Guarantee: The worker is guaranteed employment for a total number of hours equal to at least three-fourths of the workdays of each 12 week period. Apply for this job at your closest Minnesota Works Job Center or at CareerForce in Bemidji, 2300 24th Street Northwest, Bemidji, MN 56601. Or contact Garcia Forest Service at PO Box 789, Rockingham, NC 28380, 910-997- 5011, Fax: 910-997-2915.
