Farmworkers and Laborers

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2026-0716 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 Indian River County . Housing is located in Fellsmere, FL. (Indian River County) D.

Job Offer:

Workers will perform duties as instructed and assigned by their supervisor. Loose Watercress - Watercress is grown in a bed which is a growing area surrounded by low banks and with water about inches deep flowing through it. Worker will be issued a set of waterproof rubber boots, Kevlar mesh gloves, a plastic apron and a harvesting knife. Worker is responsible for keeping their knife sharp. Prior to entering the bed, the worker must wash and sanitize their hands for food safety reasons. Worker enters the bed with their knife, either a cardboard carton or a plastic harvest tote and a shallow plastic tray to keep water out of the harvest carton or tote and moves to an area of uncut watercress. The worker must avoid harvesting poor quality product, such as areas of yellowing leaves, diseased plants, weeds, insects or snails. Worker bends down and gathers a hand-full of watercress with one hand and cuts through the stems with the knife in their other hand. Individual stems must be between 2.0 and 4.0 inches in length unless specified differently for a special order. The cut watercress is then placed in the harvest carton or tote and the worker begins to cut the next handful of watercress. The cutter must pull any weeds and cut any watercress that was not harvested to leave uniform stubble in the bed after harvest. When the cutter has 30 pounds of cress, which will fill the carton or tote, they will bring the carton or tote to scale for weighing. The worker deposits their wooden stick, (paint stirrer) pre-numbered with their cutter number to identify it as having been cut by them, in a receptacle used for keeping track of the number of totes cut by each cutter. If the product is being loaded into a cardboard carton, then the worker must close the flaps of the carton. If the weight of the carton is less than 30 pounds, the cutter may be asked to return to the bed and complete the weight. The completed tote or carton is then loaded onto the harvest truck. The cutter will place an electronic probe against their employee badge at the counting station to confirm the number of cartons or totes cut by them. The cutter will then take another empty carton or tote and return to cut another tote. As harvest of an area is completed, the cutters in the cutting crew are responsible for cleaning out any remaining watercress or weeds from the edges of the bed that might interfere with the free flow of water. At all times, the worker is responsible for following directions from the cutting supervisor to ensure uniform, high-quality product.

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 17, 2026 to May 31, 2027 .

Hours:

48 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Saturday 8 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 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.