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FOR STATEWIDE RECRUITMENT
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"Apply for This Job" -- INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2026-0635 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
) 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 Hillsborough County . Housing is located in Dover, FL, Plant City, FL, and Valrico, FL. ( Hillsborough County) D. Job Offer:
All Activities:
Workers will perform all job specifications as instructed by the Farm Manager or Crew Supervisor. Employees should adhere to all personal and equipment safety requirements. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all the following job specifications: Planting and Harvesting Strawberry Harvest:
Workers will move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, grading berries while harvesting, taking care to sort and pack containers by size, shape, color, quality, and quantity as directed. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit, sort, and pack all good berries into specified containers, within the box, according to very high-quality standards as set forth in the Company Production and Quality Standard. Bad berries will be packed or disposed of as determined by the Supervisor. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising. Bruising will weaken the berry. Each harvesting worker is expected to move with the crew from row to row to maintain the efficiency level. Upon completion of each box picked, the worker will place their assigned numeric sticker on the box, take his/her packed box to the crate shed to be viewed for grade, receive credit on his/her assigned numeric sticker, and receive a new box with containers. Any containers that are over or under packed, or consist of poor-quality fruit, will be returned to the worker for repacking. Upon completion of an assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked. Harvester may receive disciplinary notice if quality standards are an issue. Strawberry planting & replanting: While carrying a bag of strawberry plants, the worker will walk down the row, while bending, and place one or two plants into each hole in the plastic as instructed and firm dirt around the plant. When replanting the worker will remove unhealthy plants and replace them with new plants as instructed by his supervisor. Harvest Processed Capped Strawberries:
As instructed, worker will move down assigned row picking all ripe strawberries, and discarding any bad berries that show evidence of rot or insect damage. Worker will be instructed to remove the cap (calyx) of the strawberry with the aid of a slicing tool. Worker will pick the berry and remove cap. Capped berry will be dropped into harvesting tray, weighing approximately 20 lbs. when full the trays are then taken to crate shed at the end of the row (worker receives credit on his/her assigned numeric sticker), and a new tray is obtained. Harvest Process Juice Strawberries:
As instructed, worker will move down assigned row picking all ripe strawberries, and discarding any bad berries that show evidence of rot or insect damage. Uncapped berry will be dropped into harvesting tray, weighing approximately 20 lbs. When full the trays are then taken to crate shed at the end of the row (worker receives credit on his/her assigned numeric sticker), and a new tray is obtained. Pay:
Florida Minimum Wage - $15.00 per hour ¾ Guarantee is in effect. Wage Offer:
$15.00 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 3, 2026 to April 10, 2027 . 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): The employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and free weekly transportation to the grocery store to workers living in employer-provided housing which will enable workers to prepare their own 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 H-2A workers: 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.
