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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA ONE-STOP CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . 2026-0791

A.This is an Agricultural Labor Program Clearance for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.

ALL QUALIFIED UNITED STATES DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND FOREIGN WORKERS WITH VALID WORK VISAS

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INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED. B.

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency One-Stop Center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a One-Stop 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 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a State Workforce Agency should report to a One-Stop 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 Ruskin, Florida (Hillsborough County). D.

Job Offer:

Manually plant, cultivate, weed horticultural specialties. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading and hauling harvested products. May construct trellises, maintain and repair equipment, user repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Clean work areas, maintain grounds and landscaping using mowers, planters, trucks, tractors and other landscaping and irrigation equipment. Must be able to bend/stoop and push/pull frequently, be on feet all day, lift up to 50 lbs. Fast-paced environment. Workers are provided a two-day break-in period to acclimate to the demands of the job. Workers must be physically fit to perform job duties without succumbing to excessive exhaustion after break-in period. Workers will be provided safety training will be expected to handle tools/equipment safely and carefully so as to avoid damage and to protect the worker from potential injury. Workers may also do other various tasks to keep the nursery running including basic plumbing, electrical, and repairs to the facility.

Approximate staggered entry:

4 workers to begin Sept 15 and 3 workers to begin Oct 15. Pay. Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $14.00 per hour. ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$14.00 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 July 15, 2027.

Hours:

35 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday through Friday 7 hours per day. Work may be offered but not required on Saturdays, 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 furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities. 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(A)

Statement:

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service as a no-fee labor exchange, that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the state agencies 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 constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a state age is in any way a party. Please see ETA 790 for full details.