Harvesters

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2025-0661 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 Hillsborough, Polk, Hardee Counties . Housing is located in Lakeland, FL, Lithia, FL, Plant City, FL, Dover, FL (Polk, Hillsborough County) D.

Job Offer:

HARVESTING OF VEGTABLES

ONCE

AT THE HARVESTING LOCATION, DOING A ROW AT A TIME, WORKERS WILL MOVE DOWN THE ROW PLUCKING THE VEGTABLES FROM THE PLANT AND PACKING THEM IN TO A CONTAINER. ONCE THE CONTAINER IS FULL, WORKERS TAKE CONTAINERS TO THE TRUCK/OR DUMP AT TRUCK. THE WORKER WILL GO BACK TO HIS PICKING AREA A FILL HIS CONTAINER UP AGAIN, REPEATING THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE WORK DAY. HARVESTING BLUE BERRIES

BY

HAND, THE WORKERS WILL WALK DOWN THE BLUEBERRY FEILD ROW PLUCKING FRUIT FROM THE TREE AND PLACING THEM INTO CONTAINERS,MAKING SURE NOT TO DAMAGE FRUIT OR BREAK/DAMAGE THE TREE AND NOT KNOCKING DOWN UNRIPE FRUIT. WHEN THE CONTAINER IS FULL WORKERS WILL TAKE CONTAINERS AND DELIVER CONTAINERS TO THE TRUCK AT THE END OF ROW.THE WORKERS WILL GO BACK TO HIS PICKING AREA AND FILL HIS CONTAINER UP AGAIN AND REPEAT THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE DAY. HARVESTING STRAWBERRIES

HARVESTING

STRAWBERRYS BY HAND THE WORKER WILL WALK DOWN THE STRAWBERRY FEILD ROW PLUCKING AND PACKING THE STRAWBERRY INTO A CONTAINER, MAKING SURE NOT TO DAMAGE THE FRUIT WHILE PLUCKING/PACKING OR DAMAGE THE PLANT PERIOD. WHEN THE CONTAINER IS FULL WORKER WILL TAKE CONTAINER THE TRUCK AT THE END OF THE ROW.THE WORKERS WILL GO BACK TO HIS PICKING AREA AND FILL HIS CONTAINER UP AGAIN AND REPEAT THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE DAY. HARVESTING TOMATOES WORKER WILL GO DOWN THE ROW FILLING HIS CONTAINER UP WITH FRUIT MAKING SURE NOT TO DAMAGE FRUIT OR PLANT. WHEN THE CONTAINER IS FULL WORKER WILL TAKE CONTAINER TO DELIVER/OR DUMP CONTAINER AT THE END OF THE ROW TO THE TRUCK. THE WORKERS WILL GO BACK TO HIS PICKING AREA AND FILL HIS CONTAINER UP AGAIN AND REPEAT THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE DAY. FEILD MAINTANCE WORKER WILL TIE, STAKE, PRUN PLANTS, CLEAN MICRO JETS, REMOVE PLASTIC , REMOVE PLASTIC DRIP LINES, USING HANDS OR A HOE WORKERS WILL REMOVE DEAD PLANTS OR WEEDS. BE ABLE TO CLEAN WORK AREA BROOM , MOP AND PICK UP GARBAGE FROM CROPS AND ORGANIZE WORK AREA THE WORKERS IN ORDER TO PREFORM THIS TYPE OF WORK 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 PHSYICAL STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE, WORK QUICKLY, SKILLFULLYWITH THEIR HANDS REPEATEDLY. THE EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE THE TOOLS NECESSARY

( IF

APPILICABLE

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TO PREFORM THE DESCRIBE JOB DUTIES WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE WORKER. THE EMPLOYER WILL CHARGE FOR REASONABLE COST RELATED TO WORKER REFUSE OR NEGILANCE FAILURE TO RETURN THE TOOLS OR DO SUCH WILLFUL DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF TOOLS.WORK THAT QUIEFLIES MY BE REQUIREED TO DRIVE AGRICULTURE MACHINARY SUCH AS TRACTORS, FORK LIFTS, TRUCKS. EMPLOYEES MY VOLENTEER TO WORK ADDIONTAIL HOURS WHEN WORK IS AVAIBLE. WORKER SHOULD EXPECT OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF NO WORK DUE TO WEATHER, CROPS OR OTHER CONDITIONS BEYOND EMPLOYER CONTROL. THESE PERIODS MAY OCCUR AT ANY POINT OF THE SEASON, IF THE WORKER REQUEST LEAVE OF ABSENSE DURING THESE PERIODS OF NO WORK THE HOURS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM HOURS OFFERED UNDER THE ETA790. A COPY OF THE WORK CONTRACT OR A COPY OF THE ETA790 LIEU OF A WORK CONTACT AND ANY MODIFICATIONS, WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE H2A WORKER NO LATER THAN THE TIME AT WHICH THE WORKER APPLIED FOR THE VISA, OR TO A WORKER IN CORRESPONDING EMPLOYMENT NO LATER THAN ON THE WORK DAY. FOR AN H2A WORKER GOING FROM AN H2A EMPLOYER TO SUBSEQUENT H2A EMPLOYER, A COPY OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE PROVIDED NO LATER THAN THE TIME AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT IS MADE BY SUBSEQUENT H2A EMPLOYER.

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 8, 2025 to April 15, 2026 .

Hours:

40 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Friday 7 hours per day, Saturday 5 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, CONVENIENT AND FULLY EQUIPPED REFRIDGERATOR , STOVE

(IF

PROPANE STOVE THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR PROPANE, POTS , PANS, UTENSILS AND COUNTER SPACE COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES TO WORKERS LIVING IN EMPLOYER PROVIDED HOUSING, WHICH WILL ENABLE WORKERS TO PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS. WORKERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES ONCE A WEEK AND TRANSPORTATION WILL BE BY BUS.

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 details