Farm Worker

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. 2026-0612 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 Hendry County. Housing is located in Clewiston, FL (Hendry County). D.

Job Offer:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all of the following job specifications: Workers will be assigned any or all of the following tasks and functions as needed by the employer: harvest and/or pack various crops in the field, load the trucks in the field and/or wash, grade and pack crops at the packing house, forklift driving, box stacking, icing of crops (harvested commodities) in the packing house ice room, pulling plastic in the field and loading/unloading plastic in the field, and non-harvest activities listed in the attachment. The employer will be utilizing the approximate staggered entry dates listed below: August 1 - 140 workers October 17 - 78 workers Harvest and pack crops in field: Worker will walk down assigned rows and cut at the appropriate height from the soil or pull crops from ground, discard poor quality crops, rubber band or apply twist ties as needed or required by the customer or employer, and place required quantity in assigned container and take and load onto the field truck. Workers will be given barcode stickers to affix to the boxes, crates, RPC's, and bins as they are packed in the field or the packing house. When harvesting radishes, beets and green onion the harvesters will be given a sticker for each type of harvest occurring and are scanned. The washing / packers will place barcode stickers on every unit packed and scanned. Barcode scanners will be used to scan all units and account for the workers piece rate with the exception of radishes and beets, where either barcode stickers or tokens will be used. Tokens will be given to each worker for each unit of beets or radishes that is harvested and packed when barcode scanners are not working. All piece rates include putting the box/crate together. Unloading of the truck is done at the packing house, by a forklift driver. Wash, grade and pack crops: Worker will wash field crops to remove dirt and grade for quality and then pack the necessary quantity in the assigned box. Forklift driving and stacking boxes of crops in the packing house and icing of various crops in the packing house ice room. Pulling plastic from the fields during the cleanup stage of the season after all crops have been harvested. Loading and/or unloading of the pulled plastic onto and off of a truck after it has been pulled from the fields and disposed of in the location directed by the crew foreman. Various nonharvest activities such as, but not limited to weeding, thinning, staking, tying, seeding, planting, tractor work, driving of van or bus, occasional heavy equipment operation, field cleanup, irrigation maintenance, packing of crops, equipment maintenance, etc. as directed by the employer. The employer will provide the picking containers and other necessary tools to perform the described job duties without charge to the worker. The employer will charge the worker reasonable costs related to the workers refusal or negligent failure to return the tools or due to such workers willful damage or destruction of the tools. The worker must be physically able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to fulfill the essential duties described herein that also require the worker to be able to lift 75 pounds for long periods of time, work in hot, humid weather (including work when the heat index is 110 degrees for sustained periods) and in cold, wet weather, bending and stooping to harvest crop and perform pre-harvest activities..

Pay:

Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) - $14.00 per hour ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$14.00 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 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027.

Hours:

42 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Saturday 7 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): Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. No charge will be made for the provided beds, appliances, cooking utensils and similar items furnished to workers to whom housing is provided hereunder unless unlawfully removed or damaged beyond normal wear and tear. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) weekly transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. If for any reason the kitchen facilities become unavailable due to fire or calamity, the employer will provide 3 meals per day for which a deduction shall be made until the kitchen facilities become operable. 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

Statement:

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service office as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs 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 office constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party. Please see ETA 790 for full details.