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FOR STATEWIDE RECRUITMENT
•JOB SEEKERS:
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"Apply for This Job" -- INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW . I-2026-0188 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
) 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's 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 Furman, SC, Estill, SC, Pineland, SC, Varnville, SC, Garnet, SC & counties in Hampton, Jasper. D. Job Offer:
TURFGRASS/SOD/COTTON/CORN/PEANUTS
Job Description The farmworker position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting, packing and transplanting on public and private property of commercial sod, sprigs and grass seed; weeding and hoeing of cotton, corn and peanut fields; farm, field and shed maintenance, sanitation, and post-harvest cleanup as well as duties related to the deployment and maintenance of in-field irrigation. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. This work requires adherence to important safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers. The employer will be utilizing the following staggered entry dates: 8 workers 2/16 -12/15 8 workers 3/9-12/15 Job Specifications Sod:
The worker will be expected to perform the various activities associated with growing grass and sod on a commercial turfgrass operation. These tasks will require individuals to work quickly and consistently for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness in the quality of work being completed. Workers will be required to aid in soil preparation by manual and mechanical means for sprigging and seeding, mowing, rolling, cutting, aerating, and stacking of grass on pallets. That includes cleaning fields of rock, roots, limbs, stumps, trees, and debris. Workers will be expected to weed. hoe, propagate, water, fertilize, spray, monitor, trim, cut, roll, stack, load, transport, and discard sod. Workers will be required to load and unload pallets by hand, bag certified grass seed, use both center pivot and traveling gun irrigation systems, operate diesel and electric irrigation pumps, bag sand with shovels, and clean debris from dams and suction lines. Workers will be operating weed eaters, chainsaws, riding mowers, and push mowers. Vehicle and equipment operations may include tractors, gators, forklifts, bobcats, disc, cultivators, mowers, and pick-up trucks. Workers will use tractors to drag, tow and lift sod specific equipment through fields. Workers may use forklifts and bobcats to load and unload rolls of harvested sod the field or shed. Workers will be instructed how to safely operate any of the mentioned vehicles or equipment prior to use. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standard and specifications given by the employer. Cotton/Corn/Peanuts:
The worker will be expected to perform the various activities associated with weeding and hoeing cotton/corn/peanut fields. These tasks will require individuals to work quickly and consistently for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness in the quality of work being completed. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Pay - Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $12.14 per hour guarantee. ¾ Guarantee is in effect. Wage Offer:
$12.14 per hour Piece Rates:
See ETA 790. 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 16, 2026 to December 15, 2026. Hours:
40 hours per week Days/Hours:
Monday thru Friday 7 hours per day & Saturday 5 hours . 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:
See ETA 790 . Meals (Board): See ETA 790 . 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(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.
