Farmworker: Diversified Position Available In Cullman, Alabama

$16.08

Per Hour Farmworker:

Diversified
(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Cullman, AL – 35057
Positions available: 4
Job #: 12484779

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

5/6/2025

Updated:

5/6/2025

Expires:

7/3/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

Temporary, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

I-2025-0262

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. I-2025-0262 A.

This is an Agricultural Labor Program clearance order for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.

ALL QUALIFIED U.S. DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND NON-CITIZENS WITH VALID WORK AUTHORIZATION

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INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED. B.

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency (SWA) career center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a career center provides program guarantees and protections that may not be available to a worker not referred. Workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to the employer location to begin work. The employer may use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a SWA should report to a career center between 5 and 9 work days before the job start date to verify the job start date is the same. Failure to do so may disqualify the worker from the assurances of this Job Order. Worksites are located in Cullman county in Alabama. The housing is in Bremen, Alabama. D.

Job Offer:

4 general farmworkers.

Crops:

Soybeans, Figs, Tomatoes, Squash, Peppers, Peas, Okra, Beans, Potatoes, Cucumbers, Peaches, Corn, Greens, Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Pumpkins, Onions, Strawberries, Blackberries, Muscadines, Peanuts,
eggplant, cabbage, Collards, Turnips, plums, and nectarines.
The following description of job activities applies to Peaches, Plums, Muscadines, Nectarines and Figs.

Harvest:

Workers will be assigned a row usually with a partner and is responsible for picking all the proper fruit from that row, or half row. Fruit is selected from the tree according to size and/or color. In some instances, fruit
harvest will be done from a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 30 lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. The entire tree must be checked to ensure removal of all fruit
meeting-picking requirements. Fruit is placed gently in the picking container until container is full. The full picking container weighing up to 50 lbs. is then taken to transport vehicles and placed on the ATV and taken to the
cooler truck. Workers will take care to not spill or bruise the fruit in the container. Field bin volume may be checked and determined by weight on state certified scales. Workers are required to stay on their assigned row
unless directed by a supervisor to change, or to help someone sporadically. Picking units will be kept free of limbs, leaves or mushy fruit. Workers will be required to pick up and return picking ladders to the ladder wagon
provided by the grower at the end of each workday or as directed by the grower or designed supervisor. Cherries are harvested mechanically and not harvested by hand.

Pruning Standard:

When pruning just about anything, including apple trees, here is a list of situations you always want to prune out a. Suckers, b. Stubs or broken branches, c. Downward-growing branches, d. Rubbing or
crisscrossing branches, e. Upward growing interior branches, f. Competing leaders, g. Narrow crotches, h. Whorls

Pruning:

While pruning trees, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e., saw, pruners, chain saws, loppers, and hand snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of
tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from worker’s wages. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the size of the tree and the need for the pruning. Workers
must take care not to damage limbs that are not being pruned. Workers must prune trees according to the above reference requirements. In some instances, pruning will be done from a sixteen-foot ladder weighing up to 30
lbs. All workers must be able to lift and carry ladder, as well as work from the top of the ladder. Workers must remove all resulting materials from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete
on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment middles.

Thinning Standards:

Workers will start with one branch and work systematically around the tree, leaving the largest and healthiest fruit (looking for fruit that is poorly developed, insect damaged, or with scabs, and scars). For
clusters, select the smallest least healthy fruit and thin to one or two fruits. Clusters growing under the branch remove, as these will not get the sunlight and airflow required for developing a quality apple. Pay – Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $16.08 per hour guarantee. ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$16.08 per hour

Piece Rates:

See ETA 790.

Bonus:

None.

Pay is:

Weekly. Employer provides tools/equipment.

Withholding:

Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, and any deductions agreed to by the worker in writing. Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order. E. Contract period is February 27, 2025 to November 5, 2025.

Hours:

50 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Friday 9 hours per day and 5 hours on Saturday. Work may be offered but not required on Sundays and holidays. Extra work hours may be offered based on weather and other conditions. F. Employer will refund workers living outside commuting distance the reasonable transportation and subsistence costs to report for the first day of work on the 50% date. Will provide workers who complete the contract period the reasonable cost of transportation and subsistence to return to place of recruitment or to report to the next H-2A job. G.

Housing and Board:

See ETA 790. Meals (Board): See ETA 790. Housing meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. Rules regarding living accommodations will be found in the Clearance Order. Transportation provided by the employer meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. H. Prohibition against preferential treatment of aliens: The employer’s job offer must offer to U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers. Job offers may not impose on U.S. workers any restrictions or obligations that will not be imposed on the employer’s H-2A workers. This does not relieve the employer from providing to H-2A workers at least the same level of minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions which must be offered to U.S. workers. I. Mandatory 653.501(A)

Statement:

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service as a no-fee labor exchange, that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the state agencies are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the Job Service constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a state age is in any way a party. Help for Employer Information. Opens a new window.