A Farm, Nursery, or Greenhouse Worker propagates, cultivates and harvests plants, primarily flowers, trees, shrubs and sod, and other crops such as mushrooms that are grown in greenhouses, or grows and harvests farm crops such as grain, fruit or vegetables. Operates and maintains equipment used to grow and harvest plants and crops. Cares for animals including dairy cows or chickens, pigs or other animals raised for meat.
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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2026-0787 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 Okeechobee, Martin, Highlands, Hardee, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Polk Counties. Housing is located in Okeechobee, Florida (Okeechobee County) and Zolfo Springs, Florida (Hardee County). D.
Job Offer:
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their Farm Manager. Duties may vary from time to time. Crew Leaders are responsible for supervising a crew of up to 30 workers and following the instructions of their supervisors. Crew Leaders must ensure all workers are always operating in a safe manor and that working conditions (including weather conditions) do not pose an unsafe environment for workers. Worker safety is always the top priority. Crew Leaders are responsible for ensuring adequate potable water and sanitary restroom facilities, as well as personal protection equipment (gloves and masks), are always available to workers during a harvesting or work assignment. Crew Leaders are responsible for transporting workers from designated housing pick-up to the worksite and returning workers to designated housing at the end of the day. Crew Leaders are also responsible for transporting workers from designating housing to and from grocery, laundry, and banking facility each week. Crew Leaders will maintain all necessary drivers' licenses, CDL, and transportation authorizations as required by local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Crew Leaders are responsible for accurately logging worker time and accurately tracking worker production piece/box counts each day. Crew Leaders are responsible for logging workers' time out for a 60-minute lunch break each day. However, if workers do not take a lunch break and continue to work; the Crew Leader must ensure that worker time is logged in and each worker is credited for all time actually worked. Crew Leaders are responsible for ensuring that company provided housing is maintained in a neat, clean, and habitable condition by the workers in their crew. Any intentional damage to company housing, property or equipment should be brought to the supervisors' immediate attention.
Pay:
Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) - $25.77 per hour ¾ Guarantee is in effect.
Wage Offer:
$25.77 per hour
Piece Rates:
N/A 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 September 15, 2026 to May 31, 2027.
Hours:
54 hours per week
Days/Hours:
Monday thru Saturday 9 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.
