Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop*** Position Available In Pasco, Florida

$16.23
Per Hour
(Piece Rate)
Position range in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area $12.72 – $16.18 Per hour Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop•(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Dade City, FL – 33525
Positions available: 5
Job #: 12490156

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

6/10/2025

Updated:

6/10/2025

Expires:

1/14/2026

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:

2025-0657 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.
Work Onsite
Full Time Schedule
Full Time Job Type
Seasonal Duration
Permanent Employment Hours
40 Hours Per Week Shift
Day Shift
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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. 2025-0657 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 Lake, Hardee, Marion, Polk, Highlands.
Housing is located in Frostproof FL – Polk County D.

Job Offer:

5 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instruction, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry an 18′ to 22′ ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weights between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit container located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into container. In order to perform this kind of work, worker must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the picking process rapidly, working quickly and skillfully with their hands, and carrying a large number of sacks of fruit from the arena in which the fruit is being harvested to the location of the container.

Pay:

Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) – $16.23 per hour
¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$16.23 per hour

Piece Rates:

Yes – See ETA 790 below.

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 August 20, 2025 to June 10, 2026.

Hours:

40 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Thursday 7 hours per day and Friday and Saturday 6 hours.
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): Housing that DOES have cooking and kitchen amenities: Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen amenities to workers living in employer provided housing which will enable workers to prepare their own meals. If the cooking and kitchen amenities are found to not be sufficient at anytime throughout the contract and three (3) catered meals must be provided, the employer will deduct $16.28 a day from each worker’s pay for the catered meals. Housing that

DOES NOT

have cooking and kitchen amenities: Employer is providing three (3) catered meals per day to each worker. The employer will deduct $16.28 a day from each worker’s pay for the catered meals.
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

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