Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop Position Available In Jackson, Florida

$16.23
Per Hour
Position range in Florida $12.85 – $15.08 Per hour Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop
(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Grand Ridge, FL – 32442
Positions available: 18
Job #: 12464612

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

1/6/2025

Updated:

1/7/2025

Expires:

7/16/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

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

Agency Job ID:

2025-289 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. 3 36 Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window.
Job Description

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA ONE-STOP CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. 2025-289 A.

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

ALL QUALIFIED UNITED STATES DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND FOREIGN WORKERS WITH VALID WORK VISAS

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

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency One-Stop Center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a One-Stop 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 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a State Workforce Agency should report to a One-Stop 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 Jackson County in Florida. The housing is located in Jackson County . D.

Job Offer:

18 Farmworkers

Crops:

Peas, Peanuts, Cucumbers, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Eggplant, Yellow Squash, Zucchini, Okra, Watermelon, Butterbeans, Corn, Beans, Cantaloupe, Tomatoes, Bell peppers and Peppers
Workers will perform various duties associated with growing the vegetable crops listed above. Workers will plant cultivate and harvest vegetables. Workers will lay, fix and pull plastic.
Workers will hook up, unhook, and fix water. Workers will stake and tie pepper and tomato plants. Workers will perform support duties such as making boxes, packing, cleaning buckets and work areas. Workers will assist with weed removal.
Workers will remove the vegetable (listed above) from the plant according to size and maturity that will be able to be packed and shipped. Then the produce will be placed in a six-gallon picking bucket. After bucket is full the workers will and carry the bucket to a flatbed truck or flatbed field trailer. A person on truck or trailer will receive the full buckets. This person will either dump the produce in plastic bin or set the full bucket on the truck or trailer. The person on the truck on the trailer will give a token to the picker each time they take a full bucket. This process will be repeated throughout the day until the scheduled field is picked.

Plant Bed Preparation:

Laying plastic mulch over prepared beds, which are been fumigated. This includes other jobs necessary to get the plant beds ready for planting, including placing drip tube under the plastic and connecting drip tube to lateral lay flat.

Crop Maintenance and Cultivation:

Weed removal from crop rows, tightening stakes loosened by wind and water runoff. Helping to drain areas of the field with shovels, cutting the ridged areas of the rows covered in black plastic to allow the pooled water to drain.
Workers are expected to begin work early in the mornings except with picking tomatoes. If it is necessary for workers to work in the rain, the employer will provide works, without cost to them, appropriate rain gear. Workers should not have allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, pesticide sprays residues or related chemicals.
Packing Operation Grading Working carefully remove any leaves and defective fruit as defined by grading supervisor as peaches move across grading tables. Produce must be handled carefully to avoid bruises or fingernail cuts. Workers will pack and shell peas and corn. Pay. Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $16.23 per hour.
¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$16.23 per hour guarantee.

Piece Rates:

See Clearance Order for information
Alternate work may be offered at the Adverse Effect Wage Rate of $16.23 per hour.

Bonus:

None Guaranteed.
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 March 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025.

Hours:

36 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Saturday 6 hours per day. 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.

Housing:

Will provide free housing for workers who arrive from outside daily commuting distance.
Family housing is not available.
Meals (Board): Workers will be provided 3 meals per day and will be charged $14.00 per day, or the current subsistence rate listed in the federal register. In the event the employer secures additional approved housing with kitchen facilities, workers will prepare their own meals. Employer will ensure transportation at leas once weekly for the purpose of purchasing supplies. Employer provided transportation will comply will all state, federal or local laws and 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)

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