Shuttle Driver And Fieldworker
5W Farms LLC
📍 Uvalda, GA · Toombs County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26177-053860
- 📞 Phone: +1 (912) 594-1838
- ✉️ Email: cindy@williamsfarms.co
Employer instructions
All interested local and intrastate candidates should contact their nearest career center for pre-employment screening before contacting the employer. Career center staff may only refer candidates who have been apprised of all the material terms and conditions of employment and have indicated, by accepting referral to the job opportunity, that he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available for employment. Career center staff should email a referral card containing the referral candidates name, address and telephone number to employer first, then instruct the candidate to call the employer directly to schedule a personal interview. Hours for referral candidate to call the employer are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, excluding all federal holidays. Referral candidates MUST call the employer and schedule an interview appointment prior to coming. No referral candidate is to go to the employers address or work site without a scheduled interview appointment. Candidates recruited from outside normal commuting distance are not required to appear in person for interview. Employer may schedule telephone interview appointments to candidates recruited from outside normal commuting distance.
All interstate applicants interested in this job offer should first contact the nearest career center in their state. Career center staff should contact Work Source Georgia, 1800 Century Place NE, Atlanta, GA 30345 at (770) 202-5689, foreignlabor_h2a@worksourcega.org, prior to contacting the employer.
Workers should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions and nature of employment prior to referral. Workers recruited against the job offer from within normal commuting distance will not be provided housing, subsistence or transportation. All workers hired under this job order will be required to provide documentation attesting to legal status to work in the United States. All applicants must be able (with or without reasonable accommodation), willing, and qualified to perform all the work described, and must be available for the entire anticipated period of employment.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Shuttle Driver And Fieldworker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26177-053860
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Shuttle Driver + Field Worker: Drive a van or bus over the road to transport farm workers on a planned or scheduled basis as directed by the employer or supervisor. Driver may pick up workers from different housing sites or pick up points and take them to assigned work site, transit between work sites, and return workers back to the housing site or pick up point at the end of the work day. Make trips to grocery stores, laundromat, airport, and governmental agencies, medical and dental offices, and so forth. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Must abide by precise instructions and strict but necessary safety rules and policies. Inspect vehicles and check gas, oil, and water levels prior to departure. Maintain cleanliness of van or bus. Handle passenger emergencies or disruptions. Make minor repairs to vehicle and change tires. Employer assures that driver will be paid the offered wage rate for actual driving time, including but not limited to trips to fuel vehicle and time spent maintaining the vehicle.
When not engaged in daily transportation duties, drivers will perform field work to plant broccoli, pull/set onions, hand-harvest and field pack broccoli and sweet corn. Hand-harvest Vidalia onions and Brussel sprouts. Pull weeds/chop: Workers will walk along rows as specified by employer and remove weeds and grass from fields by hand or using a hoe. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. May operate and perform minor maintenance on farm vehicles or equipment.
Pull/set onions: Workers will pull 100 onion plants; place them together and put rubber bands around the bundle. According to the maturity of the plants, the supervisor may vary the number of plants per bundle. Worker will then dip the onion plants into the solution that promotes a healthy plant. Worker will cut tops and place bundles into field bags. There are 3,000 plants per field bag. Workers must bundle the correct number of plants and put the correct number of bundles into the bags. Workers will pick up plant bundles and take off rubber bands. Workers will put one plant into each hole made by the pegger. Workers must be careful to place the plant all the way into the hole made by the plugger and must pack soil firmly around plant. Plant beds are 100 feet long and four rows wide. Onion pulling and setting are piece rate activities. The minimum production standard for onion setting is 255 feet per hour.
Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and knives. Clip top stem and bottom roots off of Vidalia onions with shears as instructed by supervisor and fill a five gallon bucket. Lift and dump full five gallon bucket into bin. Pick up any loose or dropped onions and place back into bucket being careful not to drop from a height greater than eight inches at any time.
Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape, and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may cut developed produce from plant and place into bucket. Workers may carry full bucket containing vegetables and empty into field bin or load onto truck or trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Workers must take care not to bruise or scar produce. Worker will return to assigned row/area and repeat the process. Worker must pick plants clean of correct size and maturity. Produce may be graded and packed in the field. Produce must be washed thoroughly. All workers are required to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly important when touching crops for human consumption.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 12 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 75 lb Drug test |
Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Use of cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving strictly prohibited by law and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to entire anticipated period of employment. Must be properly licensed by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent with passenger endorsement and medical certificate to operate bus. Must be at least 23 years of age. Must obtain a DOT medical examiners certificate before commencing work. Continued.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | Wage offer to H-2A workers only is at least $15.24 per hour. La oferta salarial solo para trabajadores H-2A es de al menos $15.24 por hora. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Vidalia, Ga) |
| Housing | Housing is group housing. If a female worker is hired, separate toilet, shower, and sleeping room will be provided. Family housing is not available and the provision of family housing is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. La vivienda es para grupo. Si se contrata a una trabajadora, se proporcionarn bao, ducha y habitacin separadas. Vivienda para toda la familia no es disponible y la provisin de casa para toda una familia no es imperante para el rea de traba |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week, the employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. These board arrangements apply only to workers living in employer-provided housing. Empleador proporcionara instalaciones de cocina gratis y conveniente para los trabajadores viviendo en la vivienda proporcionada para que los trabajadores pueden prepararse su propia comida. Tranporte gratuito en un vehculo sera proporcionado al menos una vez cada semana por los trabajadores para comprar sus propios alimentos. Estos arreglos applicar solamente a trabajadores que viven en la vivienda provistos por el empleador. |
| Daily transportation | Employer will offer voluntary transportation at no cost to those workers living in housing provided by the employer and for commuting workers who report to a designated daily job reporting site. The mode of transportation may be a passenger automobile or bus as follows: car (various sizes) sedan or station wagon, 2-7 passengers; SUV (various sizes/configurations), 2-11 passengers; pickup truck (various sizes/configurations), 2-5 passengers; bus, short 15-20 or regular 21-44 passengers. |
| Travel to the job | Inbound transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed at the end of the first work week. The employer will provide or pay for charter bus or van or other modes of inbound and outbound transportation to groups of workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. Mode of transportation to be arranged by the employer is unknown. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions from the worker?s wages: FICA, Medicare and income taxes as required by law (unlike U.S. workers, foreign H-2A workers are not subject to payroll tax deductions for FICA, Medicare or federal withholding.); cash advances and repayment of loans; repayment of overpayment of wages to the worker; recovery of any loss to the employer due to the worker?s damage, beyond normal wear and tear, or loss of equipment or housing items where it is shown that the worker is responsible. No deduction not required by law will be made that brings the worker?s hourly earnings below the higher of the federal minimum wage and State minimum wage. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26177-053860 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs (53-3053.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Andrew Jackson Law P.C. |
| Posted | Jul 7, 2026 |