Farmworker and Laborers, Crop***

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2026-0282 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 St. Lucie County Housing is located in Sebring, FL. Highlands County and Okeechobee, FL (Okeechobee County) D.

Job Offer:

Planting Passion Fruit; Workers will plant passion fruit in a selected area that is suitable with full sunlight and well-drained soil. Fruits will either be started from seed or cuttings. If by seed, seeds will be soaked and planted and started indoors in a greenhouse setting and transplant the seedlings out after 6-8 weeks. If by cuttings, cutting will be cut properly and transplanted into soil when ready. Space vines appropriately (3-5 feet apart) to allow for growth and air circulation. Workers will set up trellises, fences, or other vertical structures to support the climbing vines. Train vines to climb and maintain their growth on the support structures. Fertilizers or organic compost will be applied regularly to nourish the plants to encourage fruit production. Workers will also monitor plants and identify sings of pests and diseases and take appropriate action to prevent further spread. Harvesting Passion Fruit; Once at the picking location, doing a row at time, workers will be picking passion fruit directly from the vine, ensuring the fruit is fully ripe on the inside. Workers will identify the maturity of the passion fruit by checking color, texture, weight, wrinkling, aroma and moisture content. At times fruit may drop from the vine and will be picked up immediately to ensure fruit has an optimal taste. Workers must avoid harvesting unripe fruit. Fruit should be harvested by using a sharp knife or clippers off the vine at around 1.75 inch 2.25 inches long to prevent waterloss. Fruit will be placed in a bucket or basket and carefully avoiding to bruise or scratch the fruit. Workers may carry full containers weighing up to 50 lbs. Passion fruit should never be harvested when wet, as this will encourage the spread of disease.

Passion Fruit Packing:

Trucks will take the harvested passion fruit to the packing house which is located inside the farm, workers will pick out the fruit that will be used for seed the rest of the fruit will be separated by size, labeled and packed.

Pay:

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

Wage Offer:

$14.00 per hour

Piece Rates:

No - 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 February 20, 2026 to December 20, 2026 .

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): Employer will provide a free and convenient kitchen and transport workers to a grocery store at least once per week. Workers will purchase and 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 details